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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
cheng4			steelyard / Roman balance

Traditional Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
桿秤 Learn more	gan3 cheng4	gon1	gon1	a steelyard (a type of balance)

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Traditional	Pinyin	Used for
台	tai2	performances; heavy objects, esp. machines

A steelyard is small but it carries a weight of a thousand catties.

The two weights counterbalance each other.

A portable torsion balance is used for weighing.

I weighed out half a kilo of flour and added it to the mixture.

The New Moon takes place in your opposite sign of Libra on the 15th.

I walked to the storeroom, hung the weight on the toilet chain.

If you put on another a pound weight the scale can be balanced.

The butcher is under a cloud because the inspectors found that his scales were not honest.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on