寸 cùn — cun (unit of length); very short
寸
cùn cun4
Detailed explanation
noun
- (指事。小篆字形，从又，从一。“又”象手形，“一”指下手腕一寸之处。“寸”是汉字部首之一，从“寸”的字往往与“手”有关。本义:中医切脉，称距离手腕一寸长的部位为“寸口”，简称“寸”)
- a person's pulse on the wrist e.g 寸田 · 寸关尺
- cun， a Chinese unit of length e.g 寸男尺女。又指用于针灸取穴中的相对长度单位，如两乳头之间是8寸
adjective
- very short e.g 寸幅 · 寸旬 · 寸铁
- very little e.g 寸土必争 寸愿 · 寸田 · 寸进 · 寸缕
verb
- assist
Related words
- 尺寸 measurement; size; dimensions
- 英寸 inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 分寸 propriety/appropriate behavior/proper speech or action/within the norms
- 寸步 a single step; a tiny step
- 方寸 heart; square inch
- 寸步难行 unable to move a single step; bogged down
- 寸草不生 not even a blade of grass grows; barren
- 有分寸 to have (proper) restraint; to know one's limits
- 得寸进尺 to be insatiable; to gain an inch and ask for a foot
- 手无寸铁 bare-handed; unarmed
- 寸步不离 not to leave a step away; to stick close by someone
- 寸心 one's innermost heart; a small token of feeling
- 寸断 broken into small pieces; (of heart) deeply torn
- 寸土 every inch of land
- 寸步不让 not to yield an inch; to refuse to give ground
- 鼠目寸光 short-sighted; unable to see beyond the end of one's nose
- 头寸 money market
- 寸头 crew cut
- 肝肠寸断 heartbroken to the extreme; rent with grief
- 寸草 a tiny blade of grass; (fig.) a mere trifle of gratitude