臺斤

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See also: 台斤

Chinese

		(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
trad. (臺斤/台斤)		臺/台	斤
simp. (台斤)		台	斤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): táijīn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ gan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâi-kin / tâi-kirn / tâi-kun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: táijīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: táijin
  - Wade–Giles: tʻai²-chin¹
  - Yale: tái-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairjin
  - Palladius: тайцзинь (tajczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: toi⁴ gan¹
  - Yale: tòih gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi-kin
  - Tâi-lô: tâi-kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dai'kyn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³⁻²² kin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /tai²⁴⁻³³ kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi-kirn
  - Tâi-lô: tâi-kirn
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi-kun
  - Tâi-lô: tâi-kun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dai'kwn
  - IPA (Kinmen): /tai²⁴⁻¹² kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/

Noun

臺斤

(Taiwan) Taiwanese catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms or 16 taels

See also

擔／担 (dān), 兩／两 (liǎng), 錢／钱 (qián), 分 (fēn), 金衡兩／金衡两, 金衡錢／金衡钱, 金衡分
斤 (jīn), 公斤 (gōngjīn), 克 (kè)

References

(Min Nan) “Entry #52366”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
(Min Nan) “Entry #807”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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