Chinese foot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chi, a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized variously as (Mainland China) ¹/₃ or (Taiwan) ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.

Word forms

Chinese foot Chinese feet

Etymology

From its rough resemblance to the English foot.

Related words

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