咫尺

Chinese

		8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty	a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
trad. (咫尺)		咫	尺
simp. #(咫尺)		咫	尺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² cek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-chhiak / chí-chhek / chí-chioh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐchǐ [Phonetic: zhíchǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³-chʻih³
    • Yale: jř-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyychyy
    • Palladius: чжичи (čžiči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² cek³
    • Yale: jí chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cychiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyzheg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chioh
    • Tâi-lô: tsí-tsioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cycioiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sioʔ⁵/

Noun

咫尺

1. very short distance

Derived terms

• 咫尺之地
• 咫尺千里
• 咫尺天涯
• 咫尺山河
• 咫尺萬里
• 天涯咫尺
• 相去咫尺
• 近在咫尺 (jìnzàizhǐchǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
咫	尺
し Hyōgaiji	せき Grade: 6
on’yomi	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​せき [shíꜜsèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しせき [shìsékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕise̞kʲi]

Noun

咫(し)尺(せき) • (shiseki) ^{←しせき (siseki)?}

1. (archaic) very short distance
2. (archaic) meeting someone of high rank, such as Tennō

Derived terms

• 咫(し)尺(せき)千(せん)里(り) (shiseki senri)

Verb

咫(し)尺(せき)する • (shiseki suru) ^{←しせき (siseki)?}intransitive suru (stem 咫(し)尺(せき)し (shiseki shi), past 咫(し)尺(せき)した (shiseki shita))

1. (archaic) to meet someone of high rank, such as Tennō

Conjugation

Conjugation of "咫尺する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	咫尺し	しせきし	shiseki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	咫尺し	しせきし	shiseki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	咫尺する	しせきする	shiseki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	咫尺する	しせきする	shiseki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	咫尺すれ	しせきすれ	shiseki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	咫尺せよ¹ 咫尺しろ²	しせきせよ¹ しせきしろ²	shiseki seyo¹ shiseki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	咫尺される	しせきされる	shiseki sareru
Causative	咫尺させる 咫尺さす	しせきさせる しせきさす	shiseki saseru shiseki sasu
Potential	咫尺できる	しせきできる	shiseki dekiru
Volitional	咫尺しよう	しせきしよう	shiseki shiyō
Negative	咫尺しない	しせきしない	shiseki shinai
Negative continuative	咫尺せず	しせきせず	shiseki sezu
Formal	咫尺します	しせきします	shiseki shimasu
Perfective	咫尺した	しせきした	shiseki shita
Conjunctive	咫尺して	しせきして	shiseki shite
Hypothetical conditional	咫尺すれば	しせきすれば	shiseki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
咫	尺

Noun

咫尺 • (jicheok) (hangeul 지척)

1. Hanja form^? of 지척 (“very short distance”).