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秤
chèng
1. steelyard
2. Roman balance
3. CL:[[臺|台<tái>]]
HSK 6 Uncommon • Top 28% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

秤
chèng
balance, scale; steelyard
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (15)

秤锤
chèngchuí
steelyard weights
秤砣
chèngtuó
steelyard weight
秤钩
chènggōu
steelyard hook
天秤
Tiānchèng
Libra (star sign)
折秤
shéchèng
discrepancy in weight
掉秤
diàochèng
to lose weight (of cattle)
杆秤
gǎnchèng
a steelyard (a type of balance)
盘秤
pánchèng
balance consisting of steelyard with a pan
磅秤
bàngchèng
scale
秤坨
chèngtuó
variant of [[秤砣<chèngtuó>]]
秤杆
chènggǎn
the beam of a steelyard
秤盘
chèngpán
the tray or pan of a steelyard
天秤座
Tiānchèngzuò
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
弹簧秤
tánhuángchèng
spring balance
秤砣虽小压千斤
chèngtuósuīxiǎoyāqiānjīn
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,736
Word Frequency Rank
23,354 of 84,292

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