斤兩

See also: 斤两

Chinese

		catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
trad. (斤兩/斤両)		斤	兩/両
simp. (斤两)		斤	两
Literally: “catty and tael”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ loeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-liông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-niú / kin-niú / kin-nió͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnliǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-liang³
    • Yale: jīn-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinleang
    • Palladius: цзиньлян (czinʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ loeng²
    • Yale: gān léung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ loeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ lêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ lœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-liông
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´ liong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ liong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴⁻¹¹ li̯oŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-niú
    • Tâi-lô: kun-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kunniuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-niú
    • Tâi-lô: kin-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kinniuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin-nió͘
    • Tâi-lô: kin-nióo
    • IPA (Tainan): /kin⁴⁴⁻³³ niɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

斤兩

1. weight
2. (figurative) weight; importance
3. (Cantonese, figurative) competence; ability

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 秤頭／秤头