市尺 (shìchǐ): chi — Chinese unit of length eq…

Meanings

1 chi — Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter (≈33.3 cm)

Characters

市

shì

market system (units)

尺

chǐ

chi (foot/length unit)

Examples

一市尺等于三十三点三厘米。

Yī shì chǐ děngyú sānshísān diǎn sān límǐ.

One chi equals 33.3 centimeters.

这块布长五市尺。

Zhè kuài bù cháng wǔ shì chǐ.

This piece of cloth is five chi long.

Tips

history

Part of the 市制 (shìzhì, 'market system') of units defined by the Republic of China in 1929 to harmonize traditional Chinese units with the metric system: 1 市尺 = ⅓ m exactly. Larger: 市丈 (10 chi); smaller: 市寸 (0.1 chi), 市分 (0.01 chi).