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秤 chèng

scale (for weighing)

Strokes
10
Level
HSK 6
Radical
禾
Type
Ideograph
Made of 禾平 ⿰禾平

Memory hint: A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾

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  1. 请用秤称一下这些水果。
    Qǐng yòng chèng chēng yíxià zhèxiē shuǐguǒ.
    Please use the scale to weigh this fruit.
    please use scale weigh a-bit these fruit
  2. 这台秤准确吗？
    Zhè tái chèng zhǔnquè ma?
    Is this scale accurate?
    this (measure) scale accurate (question)
  3. 我们买一台新秤吧。
    Wǒmen mǎi yì tái xīn chèng ba.
    Let's buy a new scale.
    we buy one (measure) new scale (suggestion)
  4. 这台秤一点也不准确。
    Zhè tái chèng yìdiǎn yě bù zhǔnquè.
    This scale isn't accurate at all.
    this (measure) scale a-little also not accurate
  5. 市场上，摊主熟练地用秤称出了顾客要的重量。
    Shìchǎng shàng, tānzhǔ shúliàn de yòng chèng chēng chū le gùkè yào de zhòngliàng.
    At the market, the stall owner skillfully weighed out the amount the customer wanted using the scale.
    market on, stall-owner skilled (particle) use scale weigh out (particle) customer want (particle) weight

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