寸
inch; small, tiny; a unit of length; thumb
- Strokes
- 3
- Pinyin
- cùn
Built from 寸
- 时time, season
- 得to obtain, to get, to acquire
- 对correct, right
- 过pass
- 射to shoot, to eject, to emit
- 导to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
- 守to defend, to guard, to protect
- 冠cap, crown, headgear
- 封envelope, letter
- 将the future, what will be
- 付give, deliver, pay, hand over
- 寿old age, longevity
- 村village, hamlet
- 尊to honor, to respect, to venerate
- 讨to haggle, to discuss
- 寻to seek
- 耐to resist, to bear
- 寺court, office
- 夺to rob, to snatch, to take by force
- 祭to sacrifice to, to worship
- 爵noble
- 辱to insult, to humiliate, to abuse
- 厨kitchen
- 衬underwear, lining
- 尉officer, military rank
- 肘elbow, shoulder
- 忖to guess, to ponder, to suppose
- 纣saddle strap, harness
- 紂saddle strap, harness
- 對correct, right
- 吋English inch (unlike 寸, which could be the English or the Chinese inch)
- 寽a handful
- 㝵to obtain, to get, to acquire
- 尃to announce, to state
- 討to haggle, to discuss
- 酎double-fermented wine, vintage wine
- 將the future, what will be
- 專concentrated, specialized
- 尋to seek
- 尌to prop up
- 奪to rob, to snatch, to take by force
- 導to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct
Words with 寸
- 公寸gōng cùn · gongcundecimeter
- 分寸fēn cun · fencunpropriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action
- 寸口cùn kǒu · cunkoulocation on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
- 寸脉cùn mài · cunmaipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
- 寸阴cùn yīn · cunyina very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
- 寸头cùn tóu · cuntou(male hair style) crew cut; butch cut
- 尺寸chǐ cun · chicunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
- 市寸shì cùn · shicuncun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)
- 方寸fāng cùn · fangcunsquare cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm); heart; mind
- 板寸bǎn cùn · bancunbuzz cut (hairstyle)
- 英寸yīng cùn · yingcuninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 头寸tóu cùn · toucun(finance) cash position; position
- 寸口脉cùn kǒu mài · cunkoumaipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
- 惜寸阴xī cùn yīn · xicunyinto cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
- 没分寸méi fēn cùn · meifencuninappropriate; bad-mannered
- 量尺寸liáng chǐ cùn · liangchicunto take sb's measurements
- 三寸金莲sān cùn jīn lián · sancunjinlian(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
- 寸土寸金cùn tǔ cùn jīn · cuntucunjinland is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
- 寸步不让cùn bù bù ràng · cunbuburang(idiom) not to yield an inch
- 寸步不离cùn bù bù lí · cunbubulito follow sb closely (idiom); to keep close to
- 寸步难行cùn bù nán xíng · cunbunanxingunable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
- 寸草不生cùn cǎo bù shēng · cuncaobusheng(idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation
- 尺短寸长chǐ duǎn cùn cháng · chiduancunchangabbr. for 尺有所短,寸有所長|尺有所短,寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]
- 得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐ · decunjinchilit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- 手无寸铁shǒu wú cùn tiě · shouwucuntielit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
- 方寸大乱fāng cùn dà luàn · fangcundaluan(idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
- 方寸已乱fāng cùn yǐ luàn · fangcunyiluan(idiom) confused; troubled; bewildered
- 柔肠寸断róu cháng cùn duàn · rouchangcunduanlit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted (idiom)
- 标准尺寸biāo zhǔn chǐ cùn · biaozhunchicungauge
- 肝肠寸断gān cháng cùn duàn · ganchangcunduanlit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom); fig. grief-stricken