秤錘

Chinese

		steelyard; steel yard; scales	to hammer; weight of steel yard
trad. (秤錘)		秤	錘
simp. (秤锤)		秤	锤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chèngchuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ ceoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-thûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chèngchuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chèngchuéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴-chʻui²
    • Yale: chèng-chwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqchwei
    • Palladius: чэнчуй (čɛnčuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing³ ceoi⁴
    • Yale: ching chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing³ cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-thûi
    • Tâi-lô: tshìn-thuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chientuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰui²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 秤錘

1. sliding weight of a steelyard
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) child that stays with a remarried mother

Synonyms

• (sliding weight): 秤砣 (chèngtuó); (Min Nan) 秤錘仔／秤锤仔

Related terms

• 權衡／权衡 (quánhéng)