秤 chèng

1. chèng noun scale; platform balance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 磅秤; variant of 称 (CC-CEDICT '秤'; Guoyu '秤' n; Kroll 2015 '秤' 1, p. 49; Mathews 1931 '秤', p. 50; Unihan '秤'; XHZD '秤', p. 87)
2. chèng noun steelyard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '秤'; Kroll 2015 '秤' 1, p. 49; Mathews 1931 '秤', p. 50; Unihan '秤')
3. chèng noun a weight equal to 15 catties
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '秤' 2, p. 49)
4. chèng verb to weigh
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '秤' v)

Contained in

• 秤杆(秤桿) a balance arm; a scale
• 秤平斗满(秤平斗滿) an even scale with full measure; to deal fairly
• 秤鉈 balance weight
• 秤盘(秤槃) the tray or pan of a steelyard
• 杆秤(桿秤) a steelyard (a type of balance)
• 盘秤(盤秤) balance consisting of steelyard with a pan
• 秤锤(秤錘) steelyard weights
• 天秤座 Libra
• 秤星 a marking on a balance arm
• 秤砣 steelyard weight; standard weight
• 折秤 discrepancy in weight
• 弹簧秤(彈簧秤) spring balance
• 秤砣虽小压千斤(秤砣雖小壓千斤) although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds; apparently insignificant details can have a large impact
• 秤纽(秤紐) scale handles
• 秤到准(秤到準) to weigh accurately
• 磅秤 scale; platform balance
• 秤钩子(秤鉤子) scale hook
• 秤钩(秤鉤) a scale hook
• 秤薪而爨 to weight the firewood and then do the cooking; extremely frugal
• 天秤 balance scale
• 秤柴而爨 to weight the firewood and then do the cooking; extremely frugal
• 掌秤 to weigh
• 掉秤 to lose weight (of cattle)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
• 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷九十七　志第四十五下: 食貨五 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 4
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 卷四十六　列傳第三十四:　孫紹 張普惠 成淹 范紹 劉桃符 鹿悆 張燿 劉道斌 董紹 馮元興 Volume 46 Biographies 34: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui, Cheng Yan, Fan Shao, Liu Taofu, Lu Yu, Zhang Yao, Liu Daobin, Dong Shao, Feng Yuanxing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
• 卷16　志第11 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 11: Measures and the Calendar 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
• 第十一回 Chapter 11 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第四十九回 Chapter 49 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2

Collocations

• 一秤 (一秤) 銀一秤 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十五回 Chapter 85 — count: 14
• 秤金 (秤金) 及多秤金數 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷一百〇四　志第五十二:　刑法三 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Punishment and Law 3 — count: 11
• 论秤 (論秤) 論秤分金銀 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 5
• 秤分 (秤分) 大秤分金銀 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十二回 Chapter 12 — count: 5
• 秤量 (秤量) 必度忖秤量 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui — count: 4
• 秤盘 (秤盤) 秤盤定罪 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一百四十六 志8: 食貨志 Volume 146: Treatises 8 Finance and Economics — count: 4
• 重秤 (重秤) 改重秤 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui — count: 4
• 小秤 (小秤) 都是大斗小秤欺痴蠢 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 3
• 秤二 (秤二) 銅秤二 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二十一　　　　志第十一　　　禮樂十一 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 — count: 2
• 秤子 (秤子) 秤子五人 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 — count: 2