蝕秤

Chinese

		eat up slowly; eclipse	steelyard; steel yard; scales
trad. (蝕秤)		蝕	秤
simp. (蚀秤)		蚀	秤

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍h-chhìn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍h-chhìn
    • Tâi-lô: si̍h-tshìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siqchixn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰin²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰin⁴¹/

Verb

蝕秤

1. (Southern Min) to incur damages and loss to goods (such as vegetables, fruits, etc.) in the course of reweighing

Synonyms

• 折秤 (shéchèng)
• (Hokkien) 蝕重／蚀重, 蝕秤頭／蚀秤头