尺子

Chinese

		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	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (尺子)		尺	子
simp. #(尺子)		尺	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chǐzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ˙ㄗ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чызы (čɨzɨ, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ zi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ceh⁴ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chř-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy.tzy
    • Palladius: чицзы (čiczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чызы (čɨzɨ, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴ t͡sz̩²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cek³ zi²
    • Yale: chek jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡siː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 尺子 赤子

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ceh⁴ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəʔ² t͡səʔ³/

Noun

尺子

1. rule; ruler (measuring or drawing device) (Classifier: 把 m)

Synonyms

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• 尺
• 捲尺 / 卷尺 (juǎnchǐ) (tape measure)
• 皮尺 (píchǐ) (tape measure)
• 直尺 (zhíchǐ) (straight ruler)

Dialectal synonyms of 尺子 (“ruler”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		尺, 尺子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	尺
	Taiwan	尺
	Harbin	尺
	Singapore	尺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	尺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	尺子
	Wanrong	尺
	Xi'an	尺子
	Xining	尺子
	Xuzhou	尺子
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	尺子
	Ürümqi	尺子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	尺, 尺子, 尺片兒
	Wuhan	尺
	Guiyang	尺子
	Liuzhou	尺子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	尺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	間尺
	Hong Kong	間尺, 尺
	Taishan	間尺, 尺
	Dongguan	尺
Gan	Nanchang	尺
	Lichuan	尺
	Pingxiang	尺
Hakka	Meixian	尺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尺
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尺
Huizhou	Jixi	尺
Jin	Taiyuan	尺子
	Xinzhou	尺子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	尺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	尺
Southern Min	Jinjiang	格尺
	Shantou	尺
	Puning	格尺
	Leizhou	尺
	Haikou	尺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	尺
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	尺
	Danyang	尺
	Hangzhou	尺
	Ningbo	尺
	Wenzhou	尺
	Jinhua	尺
Xiang	Changsha	尺