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On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

chǐ ㄔˇ

    • a Chinese foot
    • one-third of a meter
    • a ruler
    • a tape-measure
    • one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

Classifiers (measure words)

a ruler

Usually

Less often

a tape-measure

Other words read chǐ

In the same tone

  • 齿 chǐ tooth
  • 耻 chǐ shame
  • 呎 chǐ foot
  • 侈 chǐ extravagant
  • 褫 chǐ strip

All 10 words read chǐ

chi with other tones

  • 吃 chī eat
  • 离 chī mythical beast
  • 持 chí hold
  • 赤 chì red
  • 迟 chí late

All 54 words read chi in any tone

Other words read chǐ

In the same tone

  • 齒 chǐ tooth
  • 恥 chǐ shame
  • 呎 chǐ foot
  • 侈 chǐ extravagant
  • 褫 chǐ strip

All 10 words read chǐ

chi with other tones

All 54 words read chi in any tone

chě ㄔㄜˇ

    • one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 gōngchěpǔ

Other words read chě

In the same tone

  • 扯 chě pull

che with other tones

  • 车 chē car
  • 撤 chè remove
  • 掣 chè pull
  • 彻 chè thorough
  • 澈 chè clear

All 9 words read che in any tone

Other words read chě

In the same tone

  • 扯 chě pull

che with other tones

  • 車 chē car
  • 撤 chè remove
  • 掣 chè pull
  • 徹 chè thorough
  • 澈 chè clear

All 9 words read che in any tone

How 尺 is written

    部首 radical
    尸
    笔画 strokes
    4, with 1 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左上包围结构
    偏旁 parts
    尸乚

    Easy to confuse with 尺

    Words with 尺

    Starting with 尺

    All 12 words starting with 尺

    Ending with 尺

    All 38 words ending with 尺

    Containing 尺

    • 咫尺天涯 zhǐchǐtiānyá so close, yet worlds apart
    • 无风三尺浪 wúfēngsānchǐlàng lit. large waves in windless conditions
    • 百尺竿头 bǎichǐgāntóu be at the highest level of enlightenment
    • 曲尺楼梯 qūchǐlóutī L-shaped staircase
    • 量尺寸 liángchǐcùn take sb's measurements

    All 9 words containing 尺

    Words with 尺

    Starting with 尺

    All 12 words starting with 尺

    Ending with 尺

    All 38 words ending with 尺

    Containing 尺

    • 咫尺天涯 zhǐchǐtiānyá so close, yet worlds apart
    • 無風三尺浪 wúfēngsānchǐlàng lit. large waves in windless conditions
    • 百尺竿頭 bǎichǐgāntóu be at the highest level of enlightenment
    • 曲尺樓梯 qūchǐlóutī L-shaped staircase
    • 量尺寸 liángchǐcùn take sb's measurements

    All 9 words containing 尺

    The words 尺 counts as a measure word

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