斤 (gan1) — axe; chopper in Cantonese
ganˉ¹斤Mandarin Pinyin: jin1
Meaning of 斤
nounaxe; chopper
nouncatty (unit of weight = 10 両)
Example Sentences with 斤
提子係斷斤賣架
The grapes are sold according to their weight.
出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
Maaiˏ₅買zoˊ²咗ngˏ₅五sapˍ₆十ganˉ¹斤mai5.米。
Bought fifty catties of rice.
dungˉ¹東singˉ¹星baanˉ¹斑geiˊ²幾cinˊ²錢jatˉ¹一gan1?斤？
How much is a jin of coral trout?
keoiˏ₅佢jauˏ₅有geiˊ²幾ganˉ¹斤loengˏ₅両？
How much is he/she worth?
Words Containing 斤
半斤八両bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2
six of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Tweedledee. | Lit. "Half a Catty or Eight Taels", which is the same amount (in old China, 1 catty = 16 taels = 600+g; in today's People's Republic, 1 catty = 500g = 10 taels). | Note: Some publications make a distinction betw. 両 (tael) and 兩 (two). Some publications don't.
百上加斤baak3 soeng6 gaa1 gan1
add oil to the fire
爛船拆埋都有三斤釘laan6 syun4 caak3 maai4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
a rich and influential man at his lowest is still better off than the poor (lit., "a broken ship still has three catties worth of nails")
爛船都仲有三斤釘laan6 syun4 dou1 zung6 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
'the worst of the rich is still better than that of the poor'
斤両gan1 loeng2
ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions; the importance attributed to something; the weight [written and colloquial]
千斤頂cin1 gan1 ding2
hoisting jack; jack
公斤gung1 gan1
kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 克 | Sometimes just "kilo" in English speech | 'gram' is spelled 'gramme' in older UK spelling (I believe some august science body in the UK actually voted to simplify the spelling in 1975 - can't find my source)
千斤cin1 gan1
a hoisting jack, jack, pawl; a thousand catties (very heavy); weighty
爛船都有三斤釘laan6 syun4 dou1 jau5 saam1 gan1 deng1
there must be something useful in anything broken or disused (slang)
一斤嘢jat1 gan1 je5
one hundred bucks / dollars [colloquial]
斤兩gan1 loeng2
weight
斤斤計較gan1 gan1 gai3 gaau3
haggle over every ounce; be calculating
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