丁

Reading

Kana: ちょう

Romaji: chō

Definitions

ctr

1

counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.

2

counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant

3

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

See also: 挺

noun

4

even number

See also: 半 (reading はん, entry #3)

5

109.09 m

See also: 町

Kanji

丁

Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 チン、 トウ、 チ、 ひのと

Meanings: street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)はばか丁寧(ていねい)だ。

➥He is polite to a fault.

彼(かれ)は手(て)八(はち)丁(ちょう)口八丁(くちはっちょう)だ。

➥He is as ready to talk as to work.

ちょうど今(いま)は忙(いそが)しい。

➥I'm busy at the moment.

ちょうど五(ご)時(じ)です。

➥It is just five o'clock.

ちょうど七(なな)時半(じはん)です。

➥It is just half past seven.

ちょうど間(ま)にあった。

➥I got there just in time.