丈 | 233B20 12.82 | 部居 | 畫數 3 | ㄓㄤˋ [zhang4] . | ||||||||
N | (1) Length of ten feet: 丈二金剛 a Buddhist statue twelve feet high, hence 摸不著頭腦 (a pun) “cannot reach to the head”-cannot make head or tail of; 丈六金身 a tall Buddhist idol. (2) An older relative or person: 丈夫,丈人,丈母 [zhang4fu1], [zhang4ren2], [zhang4mu3]↓; 老丈,老丈人 respectful address to elder person; 方丈 abbot; 國丈 elder statesman; 嶽丈,岳丈 father-in-law. | |||||||||||
V | To measure land: 丈量 [zhang4liang2]↓. | |||||||||||
Words | 1.丈夫 [zhang4fu1], n., (1) a husband; (2) a man: 大丈夫 a man of honor, an upright, fearless person. 2.丈量 [zhang4liang2], v.t., to survey land, establish dimensions of land officially. 3.丈母 [zhang4mu3], n., mother-in-law; (AC) elderly woman; 丈母娘 mother-in-law. 4.丈人 [zhang4ren2], n., father-in-law; (AC) elderly person; 丈人峰 (court.) father-in-law; 丈人行 a person of elder generation. |