尺寸

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	a unit of length
trad. (尺寸)		尺	寸
simp. #(尺寸)		尺	寸
anagram		寸尺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐcùn, chícun

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ, ㄔˊ ˙ㄘㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ cyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhak-chhun
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhioh-chhùn / chhek-chhùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciêh⁴ cung³ / cioh⁴ cung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐcùn → chǐcun (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ → ㄔˇ ˙ㄘㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhcůn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tsʻun⁵
    • Yale: chř-tswun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy.tsuenn
    • Palladius: чицунь (čicunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴ t͡sʰu̯ən⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chícun
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ˙ㄘㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhcůn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tsʻun⁵
    • Yale: chŕ-tswun
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr.tsuen
    • Palladius: чицунь (čicunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ cyun³
    • Yale: chek chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhak-chhun
    • Hakka Romanization System: cag^ˋ cun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cag⁵ cun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚² t͡sʰun⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhioh-chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: tshioh-tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioihzhuxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhekzhuxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰun¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciêh⁴ cung³ / cioh⁴ cung³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshieh tshùng / tshioh tshùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰuŋ²¹³/, /t͡sʰioʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰuŋ²¹³/

Noun

尺寸

1. size (typically of clothes); dimensions (of an object); measurement; fitting
2. standard; yardstick
3. sense of propriety; proper limits (of decorum, speech, behaviour, etc.)
4. (literary) small amount

Synonyms

• (size): 長短／长短 (chángduǎn), 尺碼／尺码 (chǐmǎ), 大小 (dàxiǎo)
• (standard):

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• 判準 / 判准 (pànzhǔn)
• 基準 / 基准 (jīzhǔn)
• 尺度 (chǐdù)
• 尺碼 / 尺码 (chǐmǎ)
• 平臺 / 平台 (píngtái)
• 度程 (dùchéng) (literary)
• 式 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 格 (gé) (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)

 

• (sense of propriety): 尺寸 (chǐcùn), 深淺／深浅 (shēnqiǎn)

Derived terms

• 尺寸之功 (chǐcùn zhī gōng)
• 尺寸之地
• 尺寸千里
• 尺寸斗粟
• 沒尺寸 / 没尺寸
• 獨守尺寸 / 独守尺寸