| | size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety | HSK 4 |
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| | a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: 支, 把 | HSK 4 |
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| | ruler (measuring instrument) / CL: 把 | HSK 4 |
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| | scale / yardstick | HSK 7-9 |
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| | straight ruler | |
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| | one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱 | |
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| | meter (unit of length) | |
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| | size / fitting (of apparel) | |
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| | calipers | |
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| | scale / architect's scale / engineer's scale | |
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| | foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) | |
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| | (idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand | |
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| | soft ruler / tape measure | |
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| | surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight | |
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| | lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile | |
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| | folding ruler | |
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| | dial calipers | |
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| | (literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message | |
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| | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) | |
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| | chi (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter) | |
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| | rear sight (of a gun) | |
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| | (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message | |
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| | traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes | |
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| | slide rule | |
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| | ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm | |
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| | (literary) very close; very near | |
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| | to drool (over) (idiom) / to yearn for / to covet / to crave | |
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| | so close, yet worlds apart (idiom) | |
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| | moth in family Geometridae | |
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| | T-square / set square (carpenter's tool) | |
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| | tape measure | |
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| | shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) | |
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| | set square (tool to measure right angles) | |
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| | set square (tool to measure right angles) | |
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| | set square (tool to measure right angles) | |
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| | looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm | |
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| | micrometer screw gauge; micrometer | |
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| | ungraduated ruler / straightedge | |
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| | tape measure / tape rule / CL: 把 | |
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| | to take sb's measurements | |
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| | square foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²) | |
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| | (idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises | |
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| | feeler gauge | |
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| | cubic meter (m³) | |
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| | lit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) / fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better | |
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| | spirit level | |
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| | dipstick / oil measuring rod | |
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| | three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day | |
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| | lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages | |
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| | ruler and compass (in geometric constructions) | |
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| | dipstick / oil measuring rod | |
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| | a set square (carpenter's tool) | |
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| | miter square (tool to measure angles) | |
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| | names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la | |
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| | oversize (baggage, cargo etc) | |
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| | ruler and compass construction (geometry) | |
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| | dipstick / measuring rod | |
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| | staircase with right-angled turn / L-shaped staircase | |
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| | gauge | |
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| | sliding bevel (to measure angles) | |
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| | depth indicator or gauge | |
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| | lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom) / fig. trouble arising unexpectedly | |
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| | Norma (constellation) | |
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| | universal bevel (to measure angles) | |
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| | steel set square (tool to measure right angles) | |
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