| gradations marked on the beam of a steelyard | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (秤星仔) |
秤星 | 仔 | |
秤星仔
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 秤星 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 秤星兒 |
| Harbin | 秤星兒 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 秤星, 秤星兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 秤星兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 秤星兒 |
| Wanrong | 秤星兒, 秤花子 | |
| Xi'an | 秤星星兒 | |
| Xining | 秤星兒 | |
| Xuzhou | 秤星兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 秤星, 秤花 |
| Ürümqi | 秤星星子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 秤花兒, 秤花 |
| Wuhan | 秤星 | |
| Liuzhou | 秤星 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 秤花 |
| Yangzhou | 秤花子 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 秤星 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 秤星 |
| Lichuan | 秤星仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 秤星仔 |
| Yudu | 秤星 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 秤星 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 秤星 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 秤星 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 秤星 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 秤星 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 秤花 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 秤花 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 秤星子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 秤花 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 秤花 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 秤花 |
| Quanzhou | 秤花 | |
| Zhangzhou | 秤花 | |
| Tainan | 秤仔花 GT | |
| Haikou | 秤星 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 秤星 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 秤星 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 秤星 | |
| Suzhou | 秤星 | |
| Hangzhou | 秤花兒 | |
| Ningbo | 秤花 | |
| Wenzhou | 秤花 | |
| Jinhua | 秤花 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 秤星子 |
| Loudi | 秤星子 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese | |