砝碼

Chinese

			a weight; number; yard a weight; number; yard; code; pile; stack
trad. (砝碼)		砝	碼
simp. (砝码)		砝	码
alternative forms		砝馬／砝马 法馬／法马 法碼／法码

砝碼。

Etymology

From 法馬／法马 (literally “standard pile”).

交易者以銅為法，衡銀輕重，謂之法馬，皆屬計數之意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
交易者以铜为法，衡银轻重，谓之法马，皆属计数之意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 清·翟灝《通俗編•交際》

Jiāoyì zhě yǐ tóng wèi fǎ, héng yín qīngzhòng, wèi zhī fǎmǎ, jiē shǔ jìshù zhī yì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmǎ [Phonetic: fámǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-ma³
    • Yale: fǎ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamaa
    • Palladius: фама (fama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmǎr [Phonetic: fámǎr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmǎr
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-ma³-ʼrh
    • Yale: fǎ-mǎr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamaal
    • Palladius: фамар (famar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ maa⁵
    • Yale: faat máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ maː¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 砝碼

1. standard weight (used on a balance scale)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 磅子