秤砣

Chinese

		steelyard; steel yard; scales	steelyard weight
simp. and trad. (秤砣)		秤	砣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chèngtuó

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cen⁴ to²
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing³ to⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): ciin³ to²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳn-thò

(Meixian, Guangdong): cen⁴ to⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ceng³ tue¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng-tô͘ / chhèng-tô / chhìn-tô / chhìn-tô͘ / chhìn-thô
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshen-du
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen⁴ do²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chèngtuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chèngtuó
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng⁴-tʻo²
  - Yale: chèng-twó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqtwo
  - Palladius: чэнто (čɛnto)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cen⁴ to²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen to
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰən²¹³ tʰo²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing³ to⁴
  - Yale: ching tòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing³ to⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing³ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ tʰɔː²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ciin³ to²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɨn²¹³⁻¹³ tʰo²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn-thò
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciin to^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴ to²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵ tʰo¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cen⁴ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰən⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰo⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ceng³ tue¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁵ tʰuɤ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshìng-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheangdoo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-tô
  - Tâi-lô: tshìng-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheangdooi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-tô
  - Tâi-lô: tshìn-tô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiendooi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰin³¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-tô͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshìn-tôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiendoo
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰin¹²⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-thô
  - Tâi-lô: tshìn-thô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chientooi
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshen-du
  - MiniDict: tshen^去 du
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshen-du
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³³ du⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chen⁴ do²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵ to¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰən⁴⁵ to¹³/

Noun

秤砣

(colloquial, literal) sliding weight of a steelyard
(colloquial, figurative) person who cannot swim

Synonyms

(sliding weight):

Dialectal synonyms of 秤錘 (“sliding weight of a steelyard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		秤錘
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	秤砣, 秤錘, 秤錘兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	秤砣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	秤砣
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	秤錘
	Wanrong	秤錘
	Xi'an	秤砣, 秤錘
	Xining	秤砣, 秤砣石
	Xuzhou	秤砣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	秤砣
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	秤砣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	秤砣
	Wuhan	秤砣
	Guiyang	秤砣
	Liuzhou	秤砣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	秤砣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	秤砣, 砣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	秤砣
Cantonese	Dongguan	秤砣
Gan	Nanchang	秤砣
	Lichuan	秤砣, 秤砣石
	Pingxiang	秤砣
Hakka	Meixian	秤砣
	Yudu	秤砣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	秤砣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	秤砣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	秤砣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	秤砣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	秤砣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	秤砣
Huizhou	Jixi	秤砣
Jin	Taiyuan	秤砣
Jin	Xinzhou	秤砣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	秤錘
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	秤錘
Southern Min	Xiamen	秤錘, 秤錘仔
	Quanzhou	秤錘, 秤錘仔
	Jinjiang	秤錘
	Zhangzhou	秤錘, 秤錘仔
	Taipei	秤砣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	秤錘
	Kaohsiung	秤錘
	Yilan	秤錘
	Changhua (Lukang)	秤砣
	Taichung	秤錘
	Tainan	秤錘仔
	Hsinchu	秤錘
	Kinmen	秤砣
	Penghu (Magong)	秤砣
	Shantou	秤錘
	Haikou	秤砣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	秤砣
Wu	Shanghai	秤砣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	秤陀
	Suzhou	秤砣
	Danyang	秤砣
	Hangzhou	秤砣
	Ningbo	秤錘, 秤砣
	Wenzhou	秤錘
	Jinhua	秤錘
Xiang	Changsha	秤砣
Xiang	Loudi	秤砣