Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄘㄨㄣˋ cùn
Cantonesecyun3
Taiwanesetshùn
- Meaning
- inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41
- Kangxi Radical
- 寸 · 3 strokes
Common words
- 尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
- 英寸yīng cùninch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 手無寸鐵shǒu wú cùn tiělit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
- 得寸進尺dé cùn jìn chǐlit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- 分寸fēn cunpropriety; appropriate behavior
- 方寸fāng cùnsquare cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm); heart
- 寸步不離cùn bù bù líto follow sb closely (idiom); to keep close to
- 寸步難行cùn bù nán xíngunable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
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