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尺寸

Mandarin · pinyin chǐ cun

size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)
(coll.) propriety

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尺: chǐ · Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
寸: cùn · inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41

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3–5 · chi3 cun5

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cek3 cyun3

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noun

size (typically of clothes); dimensions (of an object); measurement; fitting
standard; yardstick
sense of propriety; proper limits (of decorum, speech, behaviour, etc.)
(literary) small amount

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