寸
cùn
inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41
- Strokes
- 3
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 3
- Frequency
- No. 1,769
How to write 寸, stroke by stroke
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What 寸 means
a unit of length; inch; thumb
Ideographic: A hand with a dot indicating where the pulse can be felt, about an inch up the wrist
Words with 寸
- 英寸yīng cùninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
- 分寸fēn cunpropriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms
- 手无寸铁shǒu wú cùn tiělit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
- 得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐlit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- 公寸gōng cùndecimeter
- 寸口cùn kǒulocation on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
- 寸口脉cùn kǒu màipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
- 寸脉cùn màipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
- 寸阴cùn yīna very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
- 寸头cùn tóu(male hair style) crew cut; butch cut
- 市寸shì cùncun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)
寸 in a sentence
tā shuō huà hěn méi fēn cùn 。
He has no filter for what he says.
nǐ yǒu bǐ jiào dà de chǐ cùn ma ？
Do you have a larger size?
tā bǐ wǒ gāo sān yīng cùn 。
He's three inches taller than I am.
wǒ zì yǒu fēn cùn 。
I know what I'm doing.
tā bǐ wǒ gāo liǎng cùn 。
He is two inches taller than I am.