千斤

Chinese

		thousand	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
simp. and trad. (千斤)		千	斤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianjin
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chin¹
    • Yale: chyān-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin
    • Palladius: цяньцзинь (cjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ gan¹
    • Yale: chīn gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

千斤

1. one thousand catties
2. Short for 千斤頂／千斤顶 (qiānjīndǐng, “lifting jack”).
3. pawl
4. a loop used as a nut on erhu and other huqin instruments

Adjective

千斤

1. very heavy
2. very important
3. of great responsibility

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千斤):

• → Korean: 천근(千斤) (cheon'geun)