尺短寸長

Chinese

		a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale	lack; short	a unit of length	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (尺短寸長)		尺	短	寸	長
simp. (尺短寸长)		尺	短	寸	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐduǎncùncháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ dyun² cyun³ coeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐduǎncùncháng [Phonetic: chíduǎncùncháng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhduǎncùncháng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tuan³-tsʻun⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: chř-dwǎn-tswùn-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyydoantsuenncharng
    • Palladius: чидуаньцуньчан (čiduanʹcunʹčan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ dyun² cyun³ coeng⁴
    • Yale: chek dyún chyun chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dyn² tsyn³ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ dün² qun³ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tyːn³⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

尺短寸長

1. everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses