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斤
gan3
Mandarin: jin1
Definitions
  1. 1 catty
  2. 2 weight equal to 0.5 kg
  3. 3 (Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
  4. 4 an axe
  5. 5 shrewdly
  6. 6 hundred (bucks)
  7. 7 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
斤
gan1 je2
[[a catty]] | gān jé 斤 — one hundred (especially in relation to money) (gw
Words containing 斤
一斤嘢
jat1 gan1 je5
dollars [colloquial] | one hundred bucks
爛船都有三斤釘
laan6 syun4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
there must be something useful in anything broken or disused (slang)
斤両
gan1 loeng2
ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions; the importanc
半斤八両
bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5
getting fair returns on efforts put in (old slang) | equality
百上加斤
baak3 soeng6 gaa1 gan1
add fuel to the fire; to worsen a situation
斤兩
gan1 loeng5*2
weight
千斤頂
cin1 gan1 ding2
hoisting jack; jack
斤斤計較
gan1 gan1 gai3 gaau3
haggle over every ounce; be calculating
千斤
cin1 gan1
very heavy; weighty | a Chinese measuring unit, equals to approximately 500 kg p
半斤八両
bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2
six of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Twe
公斤
gung1 gan1
kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 克 | Sometimes just "kilo" in English speech | '
爛船都仲有三斤釘
laan6 syun4 dou1 zung6 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'
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