斤斤

Chinese

		catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
simp. and trad. (斤斤)		斤	斤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinjin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-chin¹
    • Yale: jīn-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinjin
    • Palladius: цзиньцзинь (czinʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: kj+nH kj+nH

Rime
Character	斤
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居焮切
Baxter	kj+nH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨnH/
Li Rong	/kiənH/
Wang Li	/kĭənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯns  kɯns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	斤
Reading #	2/2
No.	6653
Phonetic component	斤
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	靳
Old Chinese	/*kɯns/

Adjective

斤斤

1. (literary) overcautious

Verb

斤斤

1. (literary) to perceive

Derived terms

• 斤斤計較／斤斤计较 (jīnjīnjìjiào)
• 斤斤較量／斤斤较量 (jīnjīn jiàoliàng)