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寸

cùn · cun

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. a unit of length
  2. inch
  3. thumb
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One-inch photo

  1. Dengdeng

    办证(bànzhèng)要(yào)一(yī)寸(cùn)照片(zhàopiàn)，你(nǐ)有(yǒu)吗(ma)？

    You need a one-inch photo for the permit. Do you have one?

  2. Liangliang

    一(yī)寸(cùn)有(yǒu)多大(duōdà)？

    How big is one inch?

  3. Dengdeng

    比(bǐ)三(sān)寸(cùn)小(xiǎo)很多(hěnduō)，大概(dàgài)两三(liǎngsān)厘米(límǐ)宽(kuān)。

    Much smaller than three inches, about two or three centimeters wide.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)只有(zhǐyǒu)一(yī)张(zhāng)三(sān)寸(cùn)的(de)。

    I only have a three-inch one.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)把(bǎ)它(tā)剪小(jiǎnxiǎo)，一(yī)寸(cùn)就(jiù)够(gòu)了(le)。

    Then cut it smaller. One inch is enough.

  6. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)小心点(xiǎoxīndiǎn)，别(bié)剪到(jiǎndào)我(wǒ)的(de)脸(liǎn)。

    OK, I will be careful not to cut my face.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

俗(sú)话(huà)说(shuō)：一(yí)寸(cùn)光(guāng)阴(yīn)一(yí)寸(cùn)金(jīn)；可(kě)俗(sú)话(huà)又(yòu)说(shuō)：寸(cùn)金(jīn)难(nán)买(mǎi)寸(cùn)光(guāng)阴(yīn)！

There is a proverb that goes "time is money", but there is another one that goes "money can't buy you time".

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)块(kuài)布(bù)只(zhǐ)差(chà)一(yí)寸(cùn)就(jiù)够(gòu)了(le)。

This piece of cloth is only one inch short of being enough.

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