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Chi (unit)

The chi (Tongyong Pinyin chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Although it is often translated as the "Chinese foot", its length was originally derived from the distance measured by a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger, and is similar to the ancient span. It first appeared during China's Shang dynasty…

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Bopomofo
ㄔˇ
Chinese
尺
Hangul
자 · 척
Hanja
尺
Hanyu Pinyin
chǐ
Jyutping
cek3

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Chi (unit)

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples23
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Chi (unit)

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Transcriptions · 4
Chi (unit) → TranscriptionsRevised Hepburnshaku, TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationcheokMcCune–Reischauerch'ŏk, TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationjaMcCune–Reischauercha, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinchǐBopomofoㄔˇWade–Gilesch'ih3Tongyong PinyinchǐhYale RomanizationchřYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationchekJyutpingcek3
Hangul · 2
Chi (unit) → 자, 척
McCune–Reischauer · 2
Chi (unit) → ch'ŏk, cha
Revised Romanization · 2
Chi (unit) → cheok, ja
Yale Romanization · 2
Chi (unit) → chek, chř
Bopomofo · 1
Chi (unit) → ㄔˇ
Chinese · 1
Chi (unit) → 尺
Hanja · 1
Chi (unit) → 尺
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Chi (unit) → chǐ
Jyutping · 1
Chi (unit) → cek3

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chi chinese value modern cm ancient china shaku meter hong kong units 10 also length cheok cun used unit foot

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Chi (unit)Bopomofoㄔˇ1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Chinese尺1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Hangul자1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Hangul척1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Hanja尺1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Hanyu Pinyinchǐ1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Jyutpingcek31.00infobox
Chi (unit)Kanaしゃく1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Kanji尺1.00infobox
Chi (unit)McCune–Reischauercha1.00infobox
Chi (unit)McCune–Reischauerch'ŏk1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Revised Hepburnshaku1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Revised Romanizationja1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Revised Romanizationcheok1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Tongyong Pinyinchǐh1.00infobox
Chi (unit)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinchǐBopomofoㄔˇWade–Gilesch'ih3Tongyong PinyinchǐhYale RomanizationchřYue: CantoneseYale RomanizationchekJyutpingcek31.00infobox
Chi (unit)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Hepburnshaku1.00infobox
Chi (unit)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationjaMcCune–Reischauercha1.00infobox
Chi (unit)TranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationcheokMcCune–Reischauerch'ŏk1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Wade–Gilesch'ih31.00infobox
Chi (unit)Yale Romanizationchř1.00infobox
Chi (unit)Yale Romanizationchek1.00infobox

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