斤 jīn a catty (about 500 grams)

源How it came to be

An axe seen from the side: the handle standing up, and the blade set across the bottom with its edge turned in.

用用法

• A unit of weight, the 'catty' = 500 g (half a kilo): 三斤苹果 (sān jīn píngguǒ) three catties of apples - the everyday market weight in China.
• 公斤 (gōngjīn) 'public jin' = kilogram; note market 斤 (500 g) vs 公斤 (1000 g), an easy conversion trap.
• Idiom 半斤八两 (bàn jīn bā liǎng) 'half a catty vs eight taels' = six of one, half a dozen of the other - from the old 16-tael catty.

字含“斤”的汉字

• 新 new
• 听 listen
• 所 place
• 近 close
• 断 sever
• 折 break
• 哲 wise
• 薪 fuel
• 匠 artisan
• 斧 axe
• 祈 to pray
• 誓 to swear
• 逝 to die

词含“斤”的词语

• 公斤gōngjīnkilogramHSK 3

句例句

• 这些苹果重5斤。 Zhèxiē píngguǒ zhòng wǔ jīn.These apples weigh five pounds.
• 你的行李超过20公斤了。 Nǐ de xíngli chāoguò èrshí gōngjīn le.Your luggage weighs over 20 kilograms.