"chek" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cheks [plural], chek [plural]
Etymology: From the Yale romanization of the Cantonese 尺 (cek³). Doublet of chi. Etymology templates: {{der|en|yue|尺|tr=cek³}} Cantonese 尺 (cek³), {{doublet|en|chi}} Doublet of chi Head templates: {{en-noun|s|chek}} chek (plural cheks or chek)
  1. A Hong Kong foot. Wikipedia link: chek (unit) Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-chek-en-noun-uybUoTz- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Hong Kong English, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 43 7 5 1 1 1 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 54 5 4 2 2 2 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 6 5 1 1 1 42

Inflected forms

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    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Arabic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Middle Persian",
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