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HSK 6
寸
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
公寸
gōngcùn
decimeter
分寸
fēncun
propriety
寸口
cùnkǒu
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
寸晷
cùnguǐ
see [[寸陰|寸阴<cùnyīn>]]
寸脉
cùnmài
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
寸阴
cùnyīn
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
尺寸
chǐcun
size
方寸
fāngcùn
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
英寸
yīngcùn
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
头寸
tóucùn
money market
寸口脉
cùnkǒumài
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
惜寸阴
xīcùnyīn
to cherish every moment
没分寸
méifēncùn
inappropriate
量尺寸
liángchǐcùn
to measure sb's height
寸步不离
cùnbùbùlí
to follow somebody closely; to keep close to (idiom)
寸步难移
cùnbùnányí
see [[寸步難行|寸步难行<cùnbùnánxíng>]]
寸步难行
cùnbùnánxíng
unable to move a single step (idiom)
寸草不生
cùncǎobùshēng
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
尺寸过大
chǐcunguòdà
oversize (baggage, cargo etc)
尺短寸长
chǐduǎncùncháng
abbr. for [[尺有所短,寸有所長|尺有所短,寸有所长<chǐyǒusuǒduǎn]], [[cùnyǒusuǒcháng>]]
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,903
- Word Frequency Rank
- 3,899 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 41