“Ruler” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “ruler” is 定規 (jōgi). In Chinese it is 尺子 (chǐ zi).
Japanese
定規
じょうぎ · jōgi
定規で線を引きます。
I draw a line with a ruler.
Chinese (Simplified)
尺子
chǐ zi
我用尺子画线。
I draw a line with a ruler.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 把: 一把尺子 means “one ruler”.
“Ruler” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 定規 じょうぎ · jōgi | 定規で線を引きます。 |
| English | ruler /ˈruːlər/ | I draw a line with a ruler. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 尺子 chǐ zi | 我用尺子画线。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 尺子 chǐ zi | 我用尺子畫線。 |
| Korean | 자 | 자로 선을 그어요. |
| Spanish | regla | Dibujo una línea con la regla. |
| French | règle | Je trace une ligne avec la règle. |
| German | Lineal | Ich ziehe eine Linie mit dem Lineal. |
| Italian | righello | Traccio una linea con il righello. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | régua | Eu traço uma linha com a régua. |
| Russian | линейка | Я провожу линию линейкой. |
| Arabic | مسطرة | أرسم خطا بالمسطرة. |
| Hindi | स्केल | मैं स्केल से लाइन खींचता हूँ। |
| Indonesian | penggaris | Saya menggambar garis dengan penggaris. |
| Vietnamese | thước kẻ | Tôi kẻ một đường bằng thước kẻ. |
| Thai | ไม้บรรทัด | ฉันใช้ไม้บรรทัดขีดเส้น |
| Turkish | cetvel | Cetvelle çizgi çiziyorum. |
| Dutch | liniaal | Ik trek een lijn met de liniaal. |
| Swedish | linjal | Jag drar ett streck med linjalen. |
| Polish | linijka | Rysuję linię linijką. |
