Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a meter; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale

Chinese: 尺子;长度单位,也表示尺度。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “chi” becomes a different word in each tone. 尺 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
  • 尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrument)
  • 尺度chǐ dùscale; yardstick
  • 公尺gōng chǐ(Tw) meter (unit of length)
  • 表尺biǎo chǐrear sight (of a gun)

Example Sentence

画线的时候要用尺子。Huà xiàn de shí hou yào yòng chǐ zi.Use a ruler when drawing lines.

Huàto draw线xiànthreaddeof时候shí houtimeyàoto wantyòngto use尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrumen