# 咫尺
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐchǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄔˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$ cek$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí-chhiak / chí-chhek / chí-chioh
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐchǐ [Phonetic: zhíchǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄔˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhchǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$-chʻih$^3$
*** Yale: jř-chř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyychyy
*** Palladius: чжичи (čžiči)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$ cek$^3$
*** Yale: jí chek
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$ tsek$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$ cég$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chhiak
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-tshiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cychiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chhek
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-tshik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cyzheg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-chioh
*** Tâi-lô: tsí-tsioh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cycioiq
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sioʔ⁵/

### Noun

咫尺
* very short distance

#### Derived terms

* 咫尺之地
* 咫尺千里
* 咫尺天涯
* 咫尺山河
* 咫尺萬里
* 天涯咫尺
* 相去咫尺
* 近在咫尺 (jìnzàizhǐchǐ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 咫 | 尺 |
| し Hyōgai | せき Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しせき [shíꜜsèkì] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) しせき [shìsékí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕise̞kʲi]

### Noun

咫(し)尺(せき) • (shiseki)
* (archaic) very short distance
* (archaic) meeting someone of high rank, such as Tennō

#### Derived terms

* 咫(し)尺(せき)千(せん)里(り) (shiseki senri)

### Verb

咫(し)尺(せき)する • (shiseki suru) intransitive suru (stem 咫(し)尺(せき)し (shiseki shi), past 咫(し)尺(せき)した (shiseki shita))
* (archaic) to meet someone of high rank, such as Tennō

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 咫尺し | しせきし | shiseki shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 咫尺し | しせきし | shiseki shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 咫尺する | しせきする | shiseki suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 咫尺する | しせきする | shiseki suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 咫尺すれ | しせきすれ | shiseki sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 咫尺せよ¹ 咫尺しろ² | しせきせよ¹ しせきしろ² | shiseki seyo¹ shiseki shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 咫尺される | しせきされる | shiseki sareru |
| Causative | 咫尺させる 咫尺さす | しせきさせる しせきさす | shiseki saseru shiseki sasu |
| Potential | 咫尺できる | しせきできる | shiseki dekiru |
| Volitional | 咫尺しよう | しせきしよう | shiseki shiyō |
| Negative | 咫尺しない | しせきしない | shiseki shinai |
| Negative continuative | 咫尺せず | しせきせず | shiseki sezu |
| Formal | 咫尺します | しせきします | shiseki shimasu |
| Perfective | 咫尺した | しせきした | shiseki shita |
| Conjunctive | 咫尺して | しせきして | shiseki shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 咫尺すれば | しせきすれば | shiseki sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 咫 | 尺 |

### Noun

咫尺 • (jicheok) (hangeul 지척)
* hanja form of 지척 (“very short distance”)