寸

inch; small, tiny; a unit of length; thumb

Strokes
3
Pinyin
cùn

Built from 寸

Words with 寸

  1. 公寸gōng cùn · gongcundecimeter
  2. 分寸fēn cun · fencunpropriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action
  3. 寸口cùn kǒu · cunkoulocation on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
  4. 寸脉cùn mài · cunmaipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
  5. 寸阴cùn yīn · cunyina very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
  6. 寸头cùn tóu · cuntou(male hair style) crew cut; butch cut
  7. 尺寸chǐ cun · chicunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
  8. 市寸shì cùn · shicuncun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)
  9. 方寸fāng cùn · fangcunsquare cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm); heart; mind
  10. 板寸bǎn cùn · bancunbuzz cut (hairstyle)
  11. 英寸yīng cùn · yingcuninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
  12. 头寸tóu cùn · toucun(finance) cash position; position
  13. 寸口脉cùn kǒu mài · cunkoumaipulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
  14. 惜寸阴xī cùn yīn · xicunyinto cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
  15. 没分寸méi fēn cùn · meifencuninappropriate; bad-mannered
  16. 量尺寸liáng chǐ cùn · liangchicunto take sb's measurements
  17. 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)
  18. 寸土寸金cùn tǔ cùn jīn · cuntucunjinland is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
  19. 寸步不让cùn bù bù ràng · cunbuburang(idiom) not to yield an inch
  20. 寸步不离cùn bù bù lí · cunbubulito follow sb closely (idiom); to keep close to
  21. 寸步难行cùn bù nán xíng · cunbunanxingunable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
  22. 寸草不生cùn cǎo bù shēng · cuncaobusheng(idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation
  23. 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]
  24. 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
  25. 手无寸铁shǒu wú cùn tiě · shouwucuntielit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
  26. 方寸大乱fāng cùn dà luàn · fangcundaluan(idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
  27. 方寸已乱fāng cùn yǐ luàn · fangcunyiluan(idiom) confused; troubled; bewildered
  28. 柔肠寸断róu cháng cùn duàn · rouchangcunduanlit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted (idiom)
  29. 标准尺寸biāo zhǔn chǐ cùn · biaozhunchicungauge
  30. 肝肠寸断gān cháng cùn duàn · ganchangcunduanlit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom); fig. grief-stricken

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences