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Information of 斤

Pinyin jīn

Radical

斤

Strokes

4 strokes

Usage

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Definition

catty / weight equal to 0.5 kg

斤 [jīn] 名词 [noun] 1. 中国市制重量单位。 (Chinese market weight unit) - 二斤。～～（过分计较琐细的或无关紧要的事物，如“～～计较”。）(Two catties. To be overly concerned with trivial or irrelevant matters, such as “斤斤计较” (being too calculating).) 2. 古代砍伐树木的工具。 (An ancient tool for cutting trees.) - 斧斤。 (A type of axe.) 本义: 斧子一类的工具 (The original meaning: a type of tool similar to an axe.) 造字法: 象形。甲骨文字形，上面是横刃，下为曲柄，象斧斤形。 (Character formation: pictographic. The oracle bone script shows a horizontal blade on top and a curved handle below, resembling an axe.) 同本义 ([En.] axe)。一般用以砍木，与斧相似，比斧小而刃横。 (The same original meaning ([En.] axe). Generally used for chopping wood, similar to an axe but smaller with a horizontal blade.) 2. 古代一种似锄但比锄小的农具 ([En.] small hoe). (An ancient tool similar to a hoe but smaller.) 动词 [verb] 1. 砍削，砍杀 ([En.] cut). (To chop or cut.) 2. 过分计较 ([En.] be too calculating). (To be overly precise.) 量词 [measure word] 1. 也作“觔”。中国和东南亚各国所用的各种重量单位中，均在600克左右; 亦指中国在1929年规定的标准单位，等于1.1023磅或500克 ([En.] catty). (Also written as "jīn". A weight unit used in China and Southeast Asian countries, approximately 600 grams; also refers to the standard unit defined in China in 1929, equivalent to 1.1023 pounds or 500 grams.) - 十六两为一斤。 (Sixteen taels equal one catty.) - 四十斤金椎。 (Forty catties of gold.) - 千余斤。 (Over a thousand catties.) - 四五十斤。 (Forty to fifty catties.) - 市肉二斤。 (Two catties of market meat.) 引申 [extended usage] 1. 千斤: 起重的工具 (A thousand catties: a lifting tool.) 2. 另见 jīn (See also: jīn)

四两拨千斤 sì liǎng bō qiān jīn

lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort

公斤 gōng jīn

kilogram (kg)

半斤 bàn jīn

Half a catty

一斤 yī jīn

one catty

万公斤 wàn gōng jīn

Ten thousand kilograms

万斤 wàn jīn

Million catties

几百斤 jǐ bǎi jīn

A few hundred catties

几十斤 jǐ shí jīn

Dozens of catties

八万斤 bā wàn jīn

80 thousand catties

十斤 shí jīn

Ten catties

四十八斤 sì shí bā jīn

Forty-eight catties

两斤 liǎng jīn

two catties

几斤 jǐ jīn

A few kilograms

斤斤计较 jīn jīn jì jiào

to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs

三斤 sān jīn

Three catties

斤两 jīn liǎng

weight / (fig.) importance

二斤 èr jīn

Two catties

半斤八两 bàn jīn bā liǎng

not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee

斤斗 jīn dǒu

variant of 筋斗[jin1 dou3]

五斤 wǔ jīn

Five catties

一百斤 yì bǎi jīn

One hundred catties

斧斤 fǔ jīn

Axe