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直尺zhí chǐ
ruler
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
直尺 | zhíchǐ | |
1. n. (straight) ruler (measuring or drawing device) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
ruler | ||
1. 标尺 | ||
Components | ||
直 | 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) | ||
尺 | 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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zhí chǐ
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