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The Chinese word 英寸 (yīngcùn), meaning "inch", is formed through a semantic combination where the first character 英 (yīng) acts as an abbreviation for 英国 (Yīngguó), meaning "England" or "Britain", to indicate the foreign origin of the unit. This is compounded with the second character 寸 (cùn), which is a traditional Chinese unit of length itself (roughly a Chinese inch). Thus, the word is constructed as a hybrid translation, literally signifying "the British cun", to designate the specific Imperial unit of measurement imported from the English-speaking world.
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这张屏幕是五英寸的。
这款手机的屏幕有六英寸。
我的新平板电脑比旧的大了两英寸。
照片的尺寸要求是宽八英寸，高十英寸。
虽然一英寸大约等于2.54厘米，但在某些精密制造领域，我们仍需使用英寸作为单位。