He's three inches taller than I am.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
英寸
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 英寸 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 英寸 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I'm three inches taller than you.
The weather report says we'll get three inches of snow.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 英寸.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 英寸.
Directly before
- 高三英寸2
- 三英寸1
Directly after
- 英寸雪1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 英寸
What does 英寸 mean in Chinese?
英寸 (yīngcùn) means inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.).
How do you pronounce 英寸?
英寸 is pronounced yīngcùn.
Is 英寸 an HSK word?
英寸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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