尺
chǐ
Pinyin

Definition

尺
 - 
chǐ
  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]
尺
 - 
chě
  1. one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

尽
jǐn
  1. 1 to the greatest extent
  2. 2 (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
  3. 3 to be within the limits of
  4. 4 to give priority to
尽
jìn
  1. 1 to use up
  2. 2 to exhaust
  3. 3 to end
  4. 4 to finish
  5. 5 to the utmost
  6. 6 exhausted
  7. 7 finished
  8. 8 to the limit (of sth)
  9. 9 all
  10. 10 entirely
迟
Chí
  1. 1 surname Chi
迟
chí
  1. 1 late
  2. 2 delayed
  3. 3 slow
昼
zhòu
  1. 1 daytime

Related Words (20)

咫尺
zhǐ chǐ
  1. 1 very close
  2. 2 very near
尺
chě
  1. 1 one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]
尺寸
chǐ cun
  1. 1 size
  2. 2 dimension
  3. 3 measurement
公尺
gōng chǐ
  1. 1 meter (unit of length)
尺子
chǐ zi
  1. 1 rule
  2. 2 ruler (measuring instrument)
  3. 3 classifier: 把 bǎ

Idioms (8)

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
咫尺天涯
zhǐ chǐ tiān yá
  1. 1 so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
垂涎三尺
chuí xián sān chǐ
  1. 1 to drool (over) (idiom)
  2. 2 to yearn for
  3. 3 to covet
  4. 4 to crave
得寸进尺
dé cùn jìn chǐ
  1. 1 lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
  2. 2 give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
无风三尺浪
wú fēng sān chǐ làng
  1. 1 lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. trouble arising unexpectedly

Sample Sentences

比如用户家里有一台液晶电视需要回收，就可以打开“垃圾分类回收”，选择品类、品牌、使用年限、尺寸、屏幕外观、功能状况等选项，最后系统会自动计算出一个预估回收价（最终成交价以上门面议为准）。
bǐrú yònghù jiālǐ yǒu yī tái yèjīng diànshì xūyào huíshōu ，jiù kěyǐ dǎkāi “lājī fēnlèi huíshōu ”，xuǎnzé pǐnlèi 、pǐnpái 、shǐyòng niánxiàn 、chǐcun 、píngmù wàiguān 、gōngnéng zhuàngkuàng děng xuǎnxiàng ，zuìhòu xìtǒng huì zìdòng jìsuàn chū yīgē yùgū huíshōu jià （zuìzhōng chéngjiāojià yǐ shàngmén miànyì wéizhǔn ）。
For example, if there is an LCD TV in the user's home that needs to be recycled, you can open the “Garbage Collection and Recycling” and select options such as category, brand, age, size, screen appearance, and functional status. Finally, the system will automatically calculate an estimated recovery price (The final transaction price is when the collector goes for pickup)
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购买那些令人垂涎三尺的食物，和最为有效的能消除吃了它们而引起副作用的减肥方法，购买音量最大的音响和最有疗效的头痛片。
gòumǎi nàxiē lìngrén chuíxiánsānchǐ de shíwù ，hé zuìwéi yǒuxiào de néng xiāochú chī le tāmen ér yǐnqǐ fùzuòyòng de jiǎnféi fāngfǎ ，gòumǎi yīnliàng zuì dà de yīnxiǎng hé zuì yǒu liáoxiào de tóutòng piàn 。
buying those mouth-watering foods, which have the side effects of being the most effective way to lose weight, and buying the loudest speaker together the most effective headache tablets.
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所以我说啊，你们这儿还有没有别的尺寸了呀？这件，这件，那件，都拿来看看。
suǒyǐ wǒ shuō ā ，nǐmen zhèr hái yǒuméiyǒu biéde chǐcun le ya ？zhèjiàn ，zhèjiàn ，nà jiàn ，dōu ná lái kàn kan 。
So... do you have any other sizes here? Can I have a look at this one, that one and that one.
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你们看到新闻没有？暴风雪来袭，外面积雪已经好几尺深了，政府宣布明天停班停课。
nǐmen kàndào xīnwén méiyǒu ？bàofēngxuě lái xí ，wàimian jīxuě yǐjīng hǎojǐ chǐ shēn le ，zhèngfǔ xuānbù míngtiān tíng bān tíng kè 。
Have you seen the news? The snowstorm strikes! The snow is meters deep outside. The government has announced that there will be no school or work tomorrow.
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可以，那就给您备注微辣的，另外我们店的比萨有六寸和九寸两种尺寸，请问您需要哪一种？
kěyǐ ，nā jiù gěi nín bèizhù wēilà de ，lìngwài wǒmen diàn de bǐsà yǒu liù cùn hé jiǔ cùn liǎng zhǒng chǐcun ，qǐngwèn nín xūyào nǎ yī zhǒng ？
Yes. I'll make a note that you want it mild. Also, the pizzas at our store come in two sizes, six inches and nine inches. What kind would you like?
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尺寸不对，我要换大一号，颜色不变。
chǐcun bù duì ，wǒ yào huàn dà yīhào ，yánsè bùbiàn 。
It's the wrong size. I want to change it for one size larger, but the same colour.
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请问换货的原因是什么？尺码不对还是颜色不喜欢？
qǐngwèn huàn huò de yuányīn shì shénme ？chǐmǎ bù duì háishì yánsè bù xǐhuan ？
Can I ask what your reason for exchanging it is? Is it the wrong size or do you not like the colour?
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米、公尺
mǐ 、gōngchǐ
meter
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六十平方米、六十平方公尺
liùshí píngfāngmǐ 、liùshí píngfāng gōngchǐ
six meters squared
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难道真的是“道高一尺，魔高一丈，”吗？一定要抓到他，不能让他逍遥法外！
nándào zhēnde shì “dàogāoyīchǐ, mógāoyīzhàng ，”ma ？yīdìng yào zhuādào tā ，bùnéng ràng tā xiāoyáo fǎwài ！
You think that evil will always triumph over good? They will have to catch him, they can't let him escape justice!
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