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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chinese foot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables
chi-ne-se -foot
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

From its rough resemblance to the English foot.

Inflected Forms

Chinese feet (plural)

Phrases

Hong Kong foot

Frequently Paired Words

Hong Kong foot

Questions

What does chinese foot mean?
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.
Where does chinese foot come from?
From its rough resemblance to the English foot.

How to pronounce chinese foot

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