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斤
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[a catty]]
Definitions
  1. 1 [[a catty]]
  2. 2 gān jé 斤 — one hundred (especially in relation to money) (gwdl 24, 21).
  3. 3 gān léung jé tàu 斤兩斤兩 — ability (gwdl 64, 31).
  4. 4 yāt gān yéh 一斤嘢 — a hundred dollars (st 1, 14).
Other Readings
斤
shrewdly | catty | an axe | (Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg | # adapted from cc-cedi
Words containing 斤
一斤嘢
dollars [colloquial] | one hundred bucks
爛船都有三斤釘
there must be something useful in anything broken or disused (slang)
斤両
ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions; the importanc
半斤八両
getting fair returns on efforts put in (old slang) | equality
百上加斤
add fuel to the fire; to worsen a situation
斤兩
weight
千斤頂
hoisting jack; jack
斤斤計較
haggle over every ounce; be calculating
千斤
very heavy; weighty | a Chinese measuring unit, equals to approximately 500 kg p
半斤八両
six of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Twe
公斤
kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 克 | Sometimes just "kilo" in English speech | '
爛船都仲有三斤釘
'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'
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