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直尺
zhí chǐ



直尺
ruler


Definitions

Chinese > English
直尺zhíchǐ
     1. n. (straight) ruler (gl, measuring or drawing device)
English > Chinese
ruler
     1. 标尺
Components
zhí
     1. straight; linear; undeviating
           直線 - straight line
           (ant, zh, 彎, 彎曲), q, Cantonese 攣
     2. to straighten
     3. vertical; upright; erect
     4. honest; fair
     5. straightforward; forthright; frank
     6. directly; straight
           直去 - to go directly to
     7. intentionally; deliberately
           (syn, zh, 只)
     8. (Chinese calligraphy) vertical stroke in Chinese characters
     9. constantly
     10. (slang) straight; heterosexual
           直男 - heterosexual man
           (ant, zh, 彎), q, Cantonese 攣
     11. (historical) Short for 直隸 ((Zhili))
           直 系 軍閥 - the Zhili faction (of the (Warlord Era, Beiyang warlords))
chǐ, chí
     1. chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (丈*))
     2. (Mainland) mainland chi; Chinese foot, standardized in 1984 as meter
     3. (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot, standardized as meter and identical to the Japanese shaku
     4. (Hong Kong) chek; Hong Kong foot, standardized as 0.371475 meters
     5. (informal) imperial foot
           (syn, zh, 英尺, 呎)
     6. ruler (straightedge)
     7. tape measure
     8. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note re (2).)
     9. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note re (2).)
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