尺

chě · che/chǐ · chi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

chě 尺

  1. one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜 / 工尺谱 (gōng chě pǔ)

chǐ 尺

  1. a Chinese foot
  2. one-third of a meter
  3. a ruler
  4. a tape-measure
  5. one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
  6. CL:支 (zhī),把 (bǎ)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)把(bǎ)尺(chǐ)有(yǒu)三(sān)十(shí)厘(lí)米(mǐ)长(cháng)。

This ruler is thirty centimeters long.

02

请(qǐng)用(yòng)尺(chǐ)量(liáng)一(yí)下(xià)桌(zhuō)子(zi)的(de)宽(kuān)度(dù)。

Please use a ruler to measure the width of the table.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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