呃秤 (aak1 cing3) — a merchant shorts the scale to cheat the customer; "putting one's thumb on the scale" in Cantonese

aakˉ¹cing˗₃
Mandarin Pinyin: e4 cheng4

Meaning of 呃秤

nouna merchant shorts the scale to cheat the customer; "putting one's thumb on the scale"
noun(a merchant who) cheats the customer by rigging the scales

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