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市斤

shì jīn

2-character word

What 市斤 means

1. Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg

The characters in 市斤

• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 斤jīncatty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g

Sounds the same

Read shì jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 试金assay
• 饰巾kerchief as head ornament

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