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jīn
HSK 2freq #8277

Meanings

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jīn
  1. 1.catty
  2. 2.(PRC) weight equal to 500 g
  3. 3.(Tw) weight equal to 600 g
  4. 4.(HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.catty, a unit of weight
  2. 2.catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms
  3. 3.catty or kan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms (公斤 or sometimes approximated as 500 grams)
  4. 4.catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms, also equal to 16 taels
  5. 5.axe; hatchet
  6. 6.keen; shrewd
  7. 7.only used in 斤斤 (jīnjīn)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) - an axe. Unclear. Matisoff (2000) relates it to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *gyan (“pickax”); possibly also connected to Proto-Hmong-Mien *cwI:m (“axe”), Proto-Tai *xwaːnᴬ (“axe”) and/or Proto-Kam-Sui *kwan (Schuessler, 2007).

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Components

斤⺁丅

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Derived terms

不識斤兩不识斤两偷斤減兩偷斤减两八兩半斤八两半斤公斤分斤掰兩分斤掰两分斤撥兩分斤拨两分斤較兩分斤较两匠石運斤匠石运斤千斤千斤頂千斤顶半斤八兩半斤八两四兩撥千斤四两拨千斤宋斤魯削宋斤鲁削市斤幾斤幾兩几斤几两彈斤估兩弹斤估两掂斤估兩

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Related words

公斤 kilogram (kg)斤两 weight市斤 Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg斤斗 variant of 筋斗[jīn dǒu]台斤 Taiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)千斤顶 jack (mechanical lifting device)缺斤短两 to give short weight斤斤计较 to haggle over every ounce半斤八两 not much to choose between the two短斤缺两 to give short weight争斤论两 to haggle over every ounce (idiom)斤斤较量 see 斤斤计较[jīn jīn jì jiào]