Word: 丈 (zhàng) 丈 dictionary entry zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male Full dictionary entry for 丈 Example sentences using 丈 5 sentences, showing page 1 of 1. 丈八的灯台，照见人家，照不见自己 zhàng bā de dēngtái, zhàojiàn rénjiā, zhào bújiàn zìjǐ a sixteen-foot lamp stand: lights others but not itself 丈八的灯塔，照远不照近 zhàng bā de dēngtǎ, zhào yuǎn bú zhào jìn a sixteen-foot lighthouse: lights the far, not the near 他敬我一尺，我敬他一丈 tā jìng wǒ yìchǐ, wǒ jìng tā yí zhàng he honours me a foot, I honour him ten feet 你敬他一尺，他敬你一丈 nǐ jìng tā yìchǐ, tā jìng nǐ yí zhàng you honour him a foot, he honours you ten feet 积丝成寸，积寸成尺，寸尺不已，遂成丈匹 jī sī chéng cùn, jī cùn chéng chǐ, cùnchǐ bùyǐ, suì chéng zhàng pǐ silk threads add up to an inch, inches add up to a foot, keep adding inches and feet without stopping and you get lengths and whole bolts