The Chinese word for tape measure is
卷尺

juǎn chǐ

Chinese Definition

tape measure
1. 卷尺
Components
卷
1. Alternative form of 捲 (to roll up; to roll)
2. Alternative form of 捲 (to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away)
3. Alternative form of 捲 (to embroil; to involve)
4. Alternative form of 捲 (roll; cylinder; tube; scroll)
5. (neologism, slang) Short for 內卷, intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result
6. reel of books
7. book; scroll
8. volume; chapter; fascicle
9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?)
新-加卷juàn - new volume
10. examination paper
11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good)
12. Variant of 券
尺
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).