秤 (cing3) — weigh with a scale, etc in Cantonese
cing˗₃秤Mandarin Pinyin: cheng4
Meaning of 秤
nounweigh with a scale, etc
nounsteelyard; scales; balance
noun(verb) weigh
Example Sentences with 秤
keoiˏ₅佢go˗₃個janˎ₄人houˊ²好waaiˉ¹歪lingˎ₄零waaiˉ¹歪chaan3.秤。
He's a very crooked person.
diˉ¹啲jeˏ₅嘢baaiˊ²擺dou˗₃到waaiˉ¹歪lingˎ₄零waaiˉ¹歪chaan3.秤。
The things are placed crookedly.
keoiˏ₅佢maai˗₃賣jeˏ₅嘢mˎ₄唔jungˍ₆用siˏ₅市chaing3.秤。
He doesn't use a scale when selling things.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度mouˏ₅冇siˏ₅市chaing˗₃秤maai3.賣。
There are no scales for sale here.
go˗₃個siˏ₅市chaing˗₃秤mˎ₄唔zeonˊ²準kok3.確。
The scale is inaccurate.
Words Containing 秤
秤不離砣cing3 bat1 lei4 to4
be inseparable from each other; be useless when one of the two is absent
唔夠秤m4 gau3 cing3
underweight (in cantonese it can also mean 'underage')
夠秤gau3 cing3
to be of age (lit., "true to scale in weight": if something is 夠秤, it means that a vendor is giving the customer exactly the amount he is paying for)
天秤座tin1 ping4 zo6
Libra - Scales of Zodiac (十二星座) fame. (Lit. Heavenly Scaled Constellation) (09-23/10-23)
秤量cing3 loeng4
weighing, weigh
天秤tin1 cing3
tower crane
足秤zuk1 cing3
sth weighs what it is supposed to (buyer is not being shortchanged such that a merchant gives the buyer the correct amount of goods for the correct price)
秤砣cing3 to4
steelyard weight; (slang) a fatty
司馬秤si1 maa5 cing3
Chinese measuring balance
市秤si5 cing3
Market Scale
秤頭cing3 tau4
weight
輕秤heng1 cing3
low density
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