寸 (cyun3) — cocky; arrogant; vain | [Var] 串 in Cantonese
cyun˗₃寸Mandarin Pinyin: cun4
Meaning of 寸
nouncocky; arrogant; vain | [Var] 串
nouninch; unit of length
nounvery small/little/short
nouncocky (Cantonese)
Example Sentences with 寸
我想請您給我量一下我的胸圍尺寸。
I want you to take my chest measurement.
ngoˏ₅我beiˊ²俾keoiˏ₅佢cyun˗₃寸baau˗₃爆
I was left speechless by his sarcasm.
佢出咗名寸嘴
He's known for his sharp tongue.
一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.
ginˍ₆件saamˉ¹衫cyun˗₃尺satˉ¹寸mˎ₄唔ngaamˉ¹啱。
The clothes size doesn't fit.
Words Containing 寸
三寸釘saam1 cyun3 deng1
small in stature (like a dwarf, lit., "three inch nail")
公寸gung1 cyun3
decimeter
標準尺寸biu1 zeon2 cek3 cyun3
gauge
尺寸的cek3 cyun3 dik1
dimensional
寸嘴cyun3 zeoi2
to provoke, to act arrogantly (lit., "arrogant lips")
寸草不生cyun3 cou2 bat1 saang1
not even a blade of grass grows
尺寸cek3 cyun3
measurement; dimensions; size; magnitude; measure; bigness; fitting
你咁寸做乜嘢啫nei5 gam3 cyun3 zou6 mat1 je5 ze1
why are you being so arrogant / cocky / vain / insolent / provocative? [colloquial]
巴辣臭寸baa1 laat6 cau3 cyun3
very cocky and insolent [colloquial]
打到寸唔起為止daa2 dou3 cyun3 m4 hei2 wai4 zi2
to be beaten up to such a bad state that they cannot fight back [colloquial]
明寸ming4 cyun3
to deliberately provoke and making it very obvious to all; to be deliberately insolent and not making any attempt to be pretentious about it [colloquial]
寸步不離cyun3 bou6 bat1 lei4
to stay close to; stay within close distance to; not even leave a step
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