斤 jīn

1. jīn measure word jin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: A weight equal to half a kilogram, 'catty' in old translations; used in the Chinese Market System of weights and measures; 10 liang in the new market system or 16 liang in the historic system (CC-CEDICT '斤'; Guoyu '斤' n 2; Kroll 2015 '斤' 3, p. 212; Unihan '斤'; Wilkinson 2015, p. 555; XHZD '斤' 1, p. 351)
2. jīn noun an axe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '斤' n 1; Kroll 2015 '斤' 1, p. 212; Unihan '斤'; XHZD '斤' 2, p. 351)
3. jīn noun Kangxi radical 69
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Axe (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '斤' n 3; Unihan '斤')
4. jīn verb to chop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '斤' 1a, p. 212)
5. jīn noun a hoe; a mattock
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '斤' 2, p. 212)
6. jīn adjective keen; shrewd
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Reduplicated (Kroll 2015 '斤' 4, p. 212; Unihan '斤')

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• 台斤(臺斤) Taiwan catty
• 液压千斤顶(液壓千斤頂) hydraulic jack
• 螺旋千斤顶(螺旋千斤頂) screw jack
• 匠石运斤(匠石運斤) Master Shi works his cutting tool
• 斤两(斤兩) weight; (fig.) importance
• 齿条千斤顶(齒條千斤頂) rack and pinion jack
• 斤斤计较(斤斤計較) to haggle over every ounce; to worry unduly over minor matters
• 四两拨千斤(四兩撥千斤) four ounces can move a thousand catties; to achieve much with little effort
• 斤斤较量(斤斤較量) to bicker at length over a trivial matter
• 公斤 kilogram
• 市斤 jin
• 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
• 半斤八两(半斤八兩) not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
• 千斤顶(千斤頂) jack (for lifting weight)

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麻三斤 、 巴而朮阿而忒的斤

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