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.
画Huàto draw线xiànthread的deof时候shí houtime要yàoto want用yòngto use尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrumen。