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尺子 chǐzi

尺子 chǐzi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 尺子 chǐzi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǐzi | chi3 zi5
English translation
rule
ruler (measuring instrument)
CL:[bǎ]

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Traditional form

尺子 chǐzi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 尺子 chǐzi

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chě

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

尸乚

Number of Strokes

4

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms outstretched.

Positional decomposition

了一

Number of Strokes

3

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Example sentences using 尺子 chǐzi

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yòng 钢笔 gāng bǐ 尺子 chǐzi huá le tiáo 线 xiàn .

He drew a line with his pencil and ruler.

zhè 尺子 chǐzi shǎng yǒu 厘米 límǐ 英寸 yīng cùn èr zhǒng 刻度 kè dù .

This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches.

尺子 chǐzi 裂开 liè kāi le 碎成 le 小片

The ruler cracked and splintered into pieces.

尺子 chǐzi Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 尺子 chǐzi and their own compounds.

尺子 chǐzi Compounds

See all 100 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 尺子 chǐzi in their composition.

  • chě
    • jǐn
      • jìn , jìn , jìn , , Jìn
    • Chí , zhòu , zhǐ , , chǐ , tuǒ , , , shì , duó , , , ,
    • hǎo
      • nāo , hào
    • xiǎng
      • dūn
        • dūn , duì , tūn , dūn , duì , dūn , duì , , , , , , , , dùn , , , , ,
      • guō
      • shú
      • chún , chún , chún , zhūn , guǒ , dūn , duǒ , tūn , guō , tūn , rún , , chún , , , , , , , , zhūn , , , chún
    • yóu
    • zhuǎn
      • càn
        • chán , chán , zhàn , chǎn , ,
    • zǎi , , , jiǎn , mǎn , qióng , , , xué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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