市寸

shìcùn
measure word

Meanings

  1. 1 cun, a Chinese inch, one tenth of a chi (about 3.33 cm)

Examples

HSK 6
Yí shìchǐ děngyú shí shìcùn.
One chi equals ten cun.
HSK 7-9
Cáifeng shuō, xiùzi hái yào zài fàngcháng yí shìcùn cái héshì.
The tailor said the sleeves need letting out by another cun to fit properly.

Tips

usage
In daily speech people just say 寸. The 市 marks the 1929 "market system" that tied the old units to metric: 1 市尺 is a third of a meter, so 1 市寸 is about 3.33 cm. Don't confuse it with the 英寸 (inch, 2.54 cm) used for screen sizes.

Stroke Order

市 shì
寸 cùn