尺度

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	capacity; degree; standard
trad. (尺度)		尺	度
simp. #(尺度)		尺	度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhioh-tō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhdù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tu⁴
    • Yale: chř-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyyduh
    • Palladius: чиду (čidu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 尺度 齒蠹／齿蠹

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cek³ dou⁶
    • Yale: chek douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 尺度 赤道

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioh-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshioh-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioihdo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)⁵ tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɔ³³/

Noun

尺度

1. scale; measure
2. yardstick; standard; criterion
3. boundary (outside which it becomes illegal, immoral or otherwise unacceptable); bound; limit; bottom line

   尺度太大  ―  chǐdù tài dà  ―  too sexually explicit

   影片的尺度  ―  yǐngpiàn de chǐdù  ―  level of sexual explicitness of a film

   挑戰節目的尺度／挑战节目的尺度  ―  tiǎozhàn jiémù de chǐdù  ―  to challenge the speech codes of the program

   你做模特的尺度有多大？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ zuò mótè de chǐdù yǒu duō dà? [Pinyin]

   How far are you willing to go as a model?

Synonyms

• (standard):

• 判準／判准 (pànzhǔn)
• 基準／基准 (jīzhǔn)
• 尺寸
• 尺碼／尺码 (chǐmǎ)
• 平臺／平台 (píngtái)
• 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 格 (literary, or in compounds)
• 格式 (géshì)
• 標準／标准 (biāozhǔn)
• 水準／水准 (shuǐzhǔn)
• 法度 (fǎdù)
• 準則／准则 (zhǔnzé)
• 準繩／准绳 (zhǔnshéng)
• 規格／规格 (guīgé)
• 規範／规范 (guīfàn)
• 道揆 (dàokuí) (Classical Chinese)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尺	度
しゃく Grade: 6	ど Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

尺(しゃく)度(ど) • (shakudo) 

1. a measure, a tool to measure length
2. length
3. standard, criterion