"Chinese foot" meaning in All languages combined

See Chinese foot on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Chinese feet [plural]
Etymology: From its rough resemblance to the English foot. Head templates: {{en-noun|Chinese feet}} Chinese foot (plural Chinese feet)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Chinese foot Categories (topical): Units of measure Related terms: Hong Kong foot
    Sense id: en-Chinese_foot-en-noun-31Z3iACF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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