秤 chèng · chēng

HSK 7–9Character2 readings

steelyard balance; Roman balance

Radical: 禾
Strokes: 10
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 禾平
Traditional: 秤
Frequency: #3601 most common character

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Readings and meanings

chèngMain reading chēngRare reading

chèng

cheng4Main readingHSK 7–9

steelyard balance; Roman balance CC-CEDICT

Words that use “秤” as chèng

假秤jiǎ chèngrigged scaleWord 台秤tái chèngplatform scaleWord 复秤fù chèngto reweighWord 天秤tiān chèngbalance scaleWord 折秤shé chèngdiscrepancy in weightWord 抬秤tái chènglarge steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it…Word 掉秤diào chèngto lose weightWord 杆秤gǎn chènga steelyardWord

chēng

cheng1Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is chèng.

to weigh something, to find out how heavy it is
a scale, a tool that shows how heavy things are

Examples

请秤一秤这个苹果。
qǐng chēng yī chēng zhè ge píng guǒ
Please weigh this apple.
AI-generated sentence
西瓜太重了，我来秤一下吧。
xī guā tài zhòng le, wǒ lái chēng yī xià ba
The watermelon is too heavy. Let me weigh it.
AI-generated sentence
这台秤很准。
zhè tái chèng hěn zhǔn
This scale is very accurate.
AI-generated sentence

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Same radical 禾

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种zhǒng 種zhǒng 科kē 称chēng 稱chēng 程chéng 穫huò 积jī 積jī 移yí 秘mì 秀xiù

秤

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