Chinese Word of the Day

尺
chǐ

ruler

Definitions

Chinese > English
尺	chǐ, chí
1. chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (丈*))
2. (Mainland) mainland chi; Chinese foot, standardized in 1984 as meter
3. (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot, standardized as meter and identical to the Japanese shaku
4. (Hong Kong) chek; Hong Kong foot, standardized as 0.371475 meters
5. (informal) imperial foot
Synonyms: 英尺, 呎
6. ruler (straightedge)
7. tape measure
8. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note re (2).
9. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note re (2).
English > Chinese
ruler
1. 标尺

chǐ