秤仔

Chinese

		steelyard; steel yard; scales	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (秤仔)		秤	仔
alternative forms		稱仔／称仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-á

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-á
    • Tâi-lô: tshìn-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chyn'ar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

Noun

秤仔

1. (Hakka, Hokkien) balance; steelyard
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) damselfly

Synonyms

• (balance): 秤 (chèng), 桿秤／杆秤 (gǎnchèng)
• (damselfly): 豆娘 (dòuniáng)

Derived terms

• 秤仔花