秤

Steelyard in Chinese: 秤 (chèng)

chèng

steelyard

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1steelyard
  2. 2Roman balance

Stroke order

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秤

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄔㄥˋ

chèng

ㄔ/ chㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 卖菜的人用秤称了称白菜。

    mài cài de rén yòng chèng chēng le chēng bái cài。

    The vegetable seller weighed the cabbage on the scale.

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Related words

吃不上

chī bu shàng

unable to get anything to eat

吃喝玩乐

chī hē wán lè

to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)

吃苦

chī kǔ

to bear hardships

痴呆

chī dāi

imbecility

痴迷

chī mí

infatuated

痴心

chī xīn

infatuation

池塘

chí táng

pool

驰名

chí míng

famous

迟迟

chí chí

late (with a task etc)

迟疑

chí yí

to hesitate

迟早

chí zǎo

sooner or later

持

chí

to hold

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