曲尺

Chinese

		tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong	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
trad. (曲尺)		曲	尺
simp. #(曲尺)		曲	尺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qūchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ ㄔˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kuk¹ cek³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiuk-chhak

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiud⁵ cag⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): qyeh^4-5 ceh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): kṳ̆-chiŏ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): kuóh-chióh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiok-chhioh
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): koek² cik²
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chioq-tshaq₇
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qiou² chr²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qūchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹-chʻih³
    • Yale: chyū-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuchyy
    • Palladius: цюйчи (cjujči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kuk¹ cek³
    • Yale: kūk chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kuk⁷ tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kug¹ cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiuk-chhak
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiug^ˋ cag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiug⁵ cag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uk̚² t͡sʰak̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiud⁵ cag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiut̚¹ t͡sʰak̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qyeh^4-5 ceh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰyəʔ²⁻⁵⁴ t͡sʰəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kṳ̆-chiŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰy²⁴ t͡sʰiɔ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuóh-chióh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒuɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiok-chhioh
    • Tâi-lô: khiok-tshioh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiokchioiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰioʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰioʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiɤʔ³²/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: koek² cik²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰøk̚³³ t͡sʰɪk̚³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chioq-tshaq₇
    • MiniDict: chioh^入 tshah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qioq-tshaq₄
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰioʔ³³ t͡sʰaʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕʰioʔ⁴⁴ t͡sʰɑʔ⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qiou² chr²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯¹³ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰi̯əu̯¹³ t͡sʰz̩¹³/

Noun

曲尺

1. carpenter's square

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 曲尺 (“carpenter's square”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		矩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		曲尺, 魯班尺, 角尺, 矩尺
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	拐尺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	曲尺, 角尺, 拐尺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	拐尺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	拐尺, 角尺
	Xi'an	拐尺
	Xining	曲尺, 角尺, 木匠尺子
	Xuzhou	拐尺, 曲尺
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	拐尺
	Ürümqi	拐尺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	角尺
	Wuhan	角尺
	Guiyang	角尺
	Liuzhou	曲尺, 角尺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	角尺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	曲尺
	Dongguan	曲尺
Gan	Lichuan	角尺
	Pingxiang	曲尺
Hakka	Meixian	曲尺, 角尺
	Yudu	曲尺, 角尺, 魯班尺, 五尺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	曲尺
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	曲尺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	曲尺
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	曲尺
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	曲尺
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	曲尺
Huizhou	Jixi	角尺, 魯班尺
Jin	Taiyuan	曲尺
	Xinzhou	拐尺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	曲尺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	曲尺
Southern Min	Jinjiang	屈尺
	Haikou	曲尺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	曲尺, 角尺
Wu	Shanghai	曲尺
	Suzhou	曲尺
	Danyang	角尺
	Hangzhou	角尺
	Ningbo	角尺
	Wenzhou	角尺, 魯班尺
	Jinhua	角尺, 魯班尺
Xiang	Changsha	曲尺
	Loudi	角尺, 拐尺

Proper noun

曲尺

1. (～鄉) Quchi (a township in Wushan, Chongqing, China)
2. (～村) Quchi (a village in Quchi, Wushan, Chongqing, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曲	尺
かね Grade: 3	しゃく > じゃく Grade: 6
irregular	goon

Alternative spelling
矩尺

Noun

曲(かね)尺(じゃく) • (kanejaku) 

1. square (tool), carpenter's square
2. the Japanese shaku (尺), "metal shaku", or Japanese foot.