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尺

chě · che/chǐ · chi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 4Measure words: 支 zhī, 把 bǎ

Meaning

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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
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Measuring the desk

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)有(yǒu)尺(chǐ)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)量(liáng)一下(yīxià)这(zhè)张(zhāng)桌子(zhuōzi)。

    Do you have a ruler? I want to measure this desk.

  2. Dengdeng

    有(yǒu)。这(zhè)把(bǎ)尺(chǐ)有(yǒu)三十(sānshí)厘米(límǐ)长(cháng)。

    Yes. This ruler is thirty centimetres long.

  3. Liangliang

    桌子(zhuōzi)比(bǐ)尺(chǐ)长(cháng)很多(hěnduō)，我(wǒ)要(yào)量(liáng)好几次(hǎojǐcì)。

    The desk is much longer than the ruler, so I'll have to measure several times.

  4. Dengdeng

    一米(yīmǐ)二(èr)，量(liáng)四次(sìcì)就(jiù)行(xíng)。

    One metre twenty, four times is enough.

  5. Liangliang

    量(liáng)好(hǎo)了(le)。啊(a)，桌子(zhuōzi)太(tài)大(dà)，进(jìn)不了(bùliǎo)门(mén)！

    Done. Oh, the desk is too big to get through the door!

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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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