千斤

Chinese

		thousand	catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
simp. and trad. (千斤)		千	斤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianjin
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-chin¹
  - Yale: chyān-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianjin
  - Palladius: цяньцзинь (cjanʹczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    千斤
    千金
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gan¹
  - Yale: chīn gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

千斤

one thousand catties
Short for 千斤頂／千斤顶 (qiānjīndǐng, “lifting jack”).
pawl
a loop used as a nut on erhu and other huqin instruments

Adjective

千斤

very heavy
very important
of great responsibility

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (千斤):

→ Korean: 천근(千斤) (cheon'geun)

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