秤錘

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Chinese

steelyard; steel yard; scales to hammer; weight of steel yard
trad. (秤錘)
simp. (秤锤)

Pronunciation


Noun

秤錘

  1. sliding weight of a steelyard
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien) child that stays with a remarried mother

Synonyms

  • (sliding weight):

See also

References

  • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 33.