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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
ban4 jin1 ba1 liang3	bun3 gan1 baat3 leung5	bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng5	not much to choose between the two/tweedledum and tweedledee

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
半 Learn more	ban4	bun3	bun3	half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
斤 Learn more	jin1	gan1	gan1	catty / weight equal to 0.5 kg / (tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
八 Learn more	ba1	baat3	baat3	eight / 8
兩 Learn more	liang3	leung5	loeng5	two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

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If popularization remains at the same level for ever, won't the educators and those being educated be six of one and half a dozen of the other?