錙銖
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[edit]ancient weight; one-fourth of a tael | twenty-fourth part of a tael | ||
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trad. (錙銖) | 錙 | 銖 | |
simp. (锱铢) | 锱 | 铢 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄓㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zihjhu
- Wade–Giles: tzŭ1-chu1
- Yale: dz̄-jū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyju
- Palladius: цзычжу (czyčžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zi1 zyu1
- Yale: jī jyū
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi1 dzy1
- Guangdong Romanization: ji1 ju1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: tsri dzyu
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsrɯ djo/
Noun
[edit]錙銖
- (literary, literally) zi (1⁄4 of a tael) and zhu (1⁄24 of a tael), both are small weight measures in ancient China
- 雖分國如錙銖,不臣不仕。其規為有如此者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Suī fēn guó rú zīzhū, bù chén bù shì. Qí guī wéi yǒu rú cǐ zhě. [Pinyin]
- […] although the offer was made to share a state with him, it would be no more to him than the small weights of a balance; he will not take a ministry, he will not take an office ― such are the rules and conduct he prescribes to himself.
虽分国如锱铢,不臣不仕。其规为有如此者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) a tiny amount; a very small amount
- 五六月累丸,二而不墜,則失者錙銖。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Wǔ liù yuè lěiwán, èr ér bù zhuì, zé shī zhě zīzhū. [Pinyin]
- For five or six months, I practised with two pellets, till they never fell down, and then I only failed with a small fraction of the cicadas (which I tried to catch).
五六月累丸,二而不坠,则失者锱铢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary, figurative) a small profit; a very small amount of money
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- zh:Units of measure