尺素

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	plain; element
trad. (尺素)		尺	素
simp. #(尺素)		尺	素
Literally: “a foot of plain [silk]”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐsù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄙㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐsù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhsù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-su⁴
    • Yale: chř-sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyysuh
    • Palladius: чису (čisu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ su⁵¹/

Noun

尺素

1. (literary, figurative) letter; correspondence

Synonyms

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• 信
• 信件 (xìnjiàn)
• 信函 (xìnhán)
• 信札 (xìnzhá)
• 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
• 八行書 / 八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
• 函件 (hánjiàn)
• 尺牘 / 尺牍 (chǐdú) (literary)
• 手書 / 手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
• 手簡 / 手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
• 書 / 书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
• 書信 / 书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
• 書函 / 书函 (shūhán)
• 書札 / 书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
• 書牘 / 书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
• 書簡 / 书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
• 筆札 / 笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
• 簡 / 简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鴻 / 鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)