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竹中(HL)
Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄐㄧㄣ jīn
Cantonesegan1
Taiwanesekin
- Meaning
- a catty (approximately 600 g); an axe; keen, shrewd; Kangxi radical 69
- Kangxi Radical
- 斤 · 4 strokes
Common words
- 公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg)
- 斤斤計較jīn jīn jì jiàoto haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters
- 斤兩jīn liǎngweight; (fig.) importance
- 半斤八兩bàn jīn bā liǎngnot much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
- 四兩撥千斤sì liǎng bō qiān jīn(lit.) four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); (fig.) to achieve much with little effort
- 千斤頂qiān jīn dǐngjack (mechanical lifting device)
- 市斤shì jīnChinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg
- 缺斤短兩quē jīn duǎn liǎngto give short weight
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