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chèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chèng | cheng4
English translation
steelyard
Roman balance
CL: tái
> Tái [tái]
balance, scale; steelyard

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About chèng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

chèng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A balance  Píng used to measure grain 

Etymology of chèng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾平

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Example sentences using chèng

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dāng 谷物 gǔ wù zài 田间 tián jiān jīng chèng shǎng zhēng zài 成熟 chéngshú shí jiù 蕴藏 yùncáng zhāo 一定 yīdìng de 危险 wēixiǎn .

A certain risk is involved when cereal grains are maturing in the field on the stalk.

假如 jiǎrú zhàn zài yòng 牛顿 Niú dùn 刻度 kè dù de chèng shǎng , 试问 shì wèn 秤的读数 dú shù shì 多少 duōshǎo ?

If he stands on a balance scale calibrated in newtons , what will the scale read?

chèng de 刻度盘 kè dù pán shǎng suǒ biāo 单位 dānwèi shì 质量 zhìliàng 的单位, ér shì 的单位.

The units painted on the dial of a scale are often mass units, not force units.

实验室 shí yàn shì de 天平 tiān píng 商店 shāngdiàn de chèng zài 什么 shénme 方面 fāngmiàn 有所 yǒu suǒ 不同 bù tóng ?

In what way is a laboratory balance different from a balance found in a store?

验秤 Guò de 商品 shāngpǐn 基本 jīběn 合格 hégé ,放心 fàngxīn 好了.

Don't worry, products that have been checked are basically up to standard.

Words with chèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chèng steelyard chèng
天秤座 Tiān chèng zuò Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)天秤座 Tiān chèng zuò
秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight秤砣 chèng tuó
磅秤 bàng chèng scale磅秤 bàng chèng
杆秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance)桿秤
弹簧秤 tán huáng chèng spring balance彈簧秤
秤杆 chèng gǎn a balance arm秤桿
秤盘 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard秤槃
秤锤 chèng chuí steelyard weights秤錘
盘秤 pán chèng balance consisting of steelyard with a pan盤秤
秤砣虽小压千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn for want of a nail the battle was lost秤砣雖小壓千斤

chèng Decomposition & Compounds

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chèng Decomposition

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