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秤

chēng

HSK 6 Character

What 秤 means

1. to weigh (variant of {称|chēng})

Other readings

秤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chèngsteelyard balance; Roman balance

Example sentences

• 请把你的行李放在这秤上。
  Qǐng bǎ nǐ de xíngli fàng zài zhè chēng shàng.
  Please put your baggage on this scale.

Words starting with 秤

• 秤杆chèng gǎnthe beam of a steelyard; a balance arm
• 秤盘chèng pánthe tray or pan of a steelyard balance
• 秤钩chèng gōusteelyard hook
• 秤锤chèng chuísteelyard weights
• 秤砣chèng tuósteelyard weight; standard weight
• 秤砣虽小压千斤chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīnalthough small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)…
• 秤坨chèng tuóvariant of 秤砣

Words containing 秤

• 天秤座Tiān chèng zuòLibra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 假秤jiǎ chèngrigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
• 天秤tiān chèngbalance scale; Taiwan pr. tiān píng
• 复秤fù chèngto reweigh
• 折秤shé chèngdiscrepancy in weight
• 抬秤tái chènglarge steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to…
• 掉秤diào chèngto lose weight (of cattle)
• 案秤àn chèngcounter scale; bench scale
• 杆秤gǎn chènga steelyard (a type of balance)
• 台秤tái chèngplatform scale; (dialect) counter scale; bench scale
• 盘秤pán chèngbalance consisting of steelyard with a pan
• 磅秤bàng chèngscale; platform balance
• 过秤guò chèngto weigh sth
• 鬼秤guǐ chèng(colloquial) rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
• 弹簧秤tán huáng chèngspring balance
• 体重秤tǐ zhòng chèngscale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale

Characters built on 平

These share the phonetic component 平 (píng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 怦pēng(onomatopoeia) the thumping of one's heart

Characters that look like 秤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 柠níngused in 柠檬
• 狩shòuto hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 猝cùabruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

Sounds the same

Read chēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 称to weigh; to state; to name
• 撑to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole
• 铛frying pan; griddle
• 噌sound of bells etc
• 瞠stare at sth beyond reach
• 柽tamarisk
• 琤tinkling of gems
• 蛏mussel; razor clam; Solecurtus constricta
• 晿(used in names)
• 罉(dialect) cooking pot; variant of 铛
• 赪deep red
• 橕a prop; a shore