• Pinyin: chǐ
  English Definition: 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: 支
  Chinese Definition:
  ①中国市制长度单位(亦称“市尺”。一尺等于十寸。西汉时一尺等于0.231米，今三尺等于一米)：尺素(a。一尺长的白绢，借指小画幅；b。书信)。尺短寸长。尺牍。
  ②量长度的器具：竹尺。
  ③像尺的东西：铁尺。仿尺。戒尺。
  ④形容微少或短小：尺布。咫尺天涯。
  Example Words:

  尺度	chǐ dù	scale; yardstick
  尺寸	chǐ cun	size; dimension; measurement
  公尺	gōng chǐ	meter (unit of length)
  标尺	biāo chǐ	surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight
  英尺	yīng chǐ	foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)

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• Pinyin: chě
  English Definition: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱
  Chinese Definition:
  ①中国古代乐谱的记音符号，相当于简谱的“2”。
  Example Words:

  合四乙尺工	hé sì yǐ chě gōng	names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
  工尺谱	gōng chě pǔ	traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes

  More: 尺* | *尺 | *尺*

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