丈
Meanings
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- 1.measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- 2.to measure
- 3.husband
- 4.polite appellation for an older male
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Wiktionary
- 1.A unit of measurement.
- 2.The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺)
- 3.The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 ¹/₃ meters.
- 4.The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 ¹/₃₃ meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
- 5.The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
- 6.to survey (land); to measure
- 7.gentleman; man; husband
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 十 (“ten”) + 又 (“hand”) – ten chi (尺) is one zhang (丈). Similar but unrelated to 支. ;"gentleman, older man, husband" ;"unit of measurement"
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Derived terms
一丈差九尺一丈青一落千丈一跳八丈丈丈丈二金剛丈二金刚丈人丈人峰丈人行丈八燈臺 / 丈八灯台丈八蛇矛丈六金身丈夫丈夫女丈夫子丈室丈母丈母娘丈莊丈庄丈量不丈夫偉丈夫伟丈夫光焰萬丈光焰万丈光芒萬丈光芒万丈公丈
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Related words
丈夫 husband市丈 zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)万丈 lit. ten thousand fathoms姑丈 husband of paternal aunt丈人 wife's father (father-in-law)方丈 square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)丈量 to measure姊丈 older sister's husband师丈 teacher's husband岳丈 father-in-law (wife's father)丈母 wife's mother; mother-in-law姨丈 mother's sister's husband