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斤
Mandarin · pinyin jīn
Meanings
- catty
- (PRC) weight equal to 500 g
- (Tw) weight equal to 600 g
- (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
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- 斤
- jīn · a catty (approximately 600 g); an axe; keen, shrewd; Kangxi radical 69
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Mandarin tones
1 · jin1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gan1 · gan3
Cantonese word readings for 斤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- catty, a unit of weight — (Mainland China) catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms
- catty, a unit of weight — (Hong Kong) catty or kan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms (公斤 or sometimes approximated as 500 grams)
- catty, a unit of weight — (Taiwan) catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms, also equal to 16 taels
- (archaic) axe; hatchet
- keen; shrewd
character
- only used in 斤斤 (jīnjīn)
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