戒尺

Chinese

		swear off; warn against	a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
trad. (戒尺)		戒	尺
simp. #(戒尺)		戒	尺
alternative forms		界尺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jièchǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄔˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jièchǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jièchǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-chʻih³
    • Yale: jyè-chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehchyy
    • Palladius: цзечи (czeči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

戒尺

1. (Buddhism) clapper
2. (education, historical) teacher’s ruler used for punishing pupils

Synonyms

• (clapper): 手板 (shǒubǎn)
• (teacher's ruler):

Dialectal synonyms of 戒尺 (“teacher’s ruler used for punishing pupils”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		戒尺, 戒方, 手板
Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	戒尺
	Jinan	戒尺, 板子
	Luoyang	戒尺
	Xi'an	板子
	Yinchuan	板子
	Xining	戒尺, 板子
	Chengdu	戒尺
	Guiyang	板子
	Liuzhou	戒方, 戒板
	Nanjing	戒尺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戒方
	Dongguan	戒尺 thin, 戒方 thick
Hakka	Meixian	戒尺
	Yudu	板子
Huizhou	Jixi	戒尺
Jin	Xinzhou	手板子, 板子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	戒尺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	戒尺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	手板尺, 戒尺
Wu	Shanghai	戒尺
	Shanghai (Chongming)	戒尺
	Suzhou	戒尺
	Danyang	戒尺
	Hangzhou	戒尺
	Wenzhou	戒方兒, 戒敲兒
	Jinhua	戒方, 戒尺
Xiang	Changsha	戒尺
	Loudi	戒尺