HSK 5 · Objects

尺子 chǐzi “ruler (measuring instrument)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 尺子 means

  1. ruler (measuring instrument)

Measure word 把 bǎ · 一把尺子 yì bǎ chǐzi

How to say 尺子

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale尺chǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

尺子 in a sentence

  1. 用尺子画线。

    Yòng chǐzi huà xiàn.

    Draw a line with a ruler.

    Sentence #12420185 from Tatoeba

How 尺子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 尺 (chǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
尺chǐa Chinese foot
  • 尸corpse · shī
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐ
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 尺子

尺 4 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

尺子 (chǐzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 尺子 (chǐzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 尺子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Objects & Materials

被子bèizi · quilt玻璃bōli · glass布bù · cloth抽屉chōuti · drawer窗帘chuānglián · window curtains地毯dìtǎn · carpet洞dòng · cave钻石zuànshí · diamond

FAQs

尺子 (chǐzi) means “ruler (measuring instrument)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǐzi: chǐ with a 3rd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 尺子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 把 (bǎ). For example, one ruler (measuring instrument) is 一把尺子 (yì bǎ chǐzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 尺子 from the suggestions. Typing chizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
尺子 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.