# 秤砣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chèngtuó
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cen$^4$ to$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^3$ to$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ciin$^3$ to$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhṳn-thò
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cen$^4$ to$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ceng$^3$ tue$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhèng-tô͘ / chhèng-tô / chhìn-tô / chhìn-tô͘ / chhìn-thô
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshen-du
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chen$^4$ do$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chèngtuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèngtuó
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^4$-tʻo$^2$
*** Yale: chèng-twó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqtwo
*** Palladius: чэнто (čɛnto)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cen$^4$ to$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cen to
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰən²¹³ tʰo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^3$ to$^4$
*** Yale: ching tòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^3$ to$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^3$ to$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ tʰɔː²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ciin$^3$ to$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɨn²¹³⁻¹³ tʰo²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳn-thò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciin to$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cin$^4$ to$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn⁵⁵ tʰo¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cen$^4$ to$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰən⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰo⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ceng$^3$ tue$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰə̃ŋ⁴⁵ tʰuɤ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tshìng-tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheangdoo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèng-tô
*** Tâi-lô: tshìng-tô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheangdooi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to¹³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-tô
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn-tô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiendooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰin³¹⁻⁵³ to²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn-tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiendoo
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰin¹²⁻⁵³ tɔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-thô
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn-thô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chientooi
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰo²⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tshen-du
*** MiniDict: tshen$^去$ du
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tshen-du
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən³³ du⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: chen$^4$ do$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵ to¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡sʰən⁴⁵ to¹³/

### Noun

秤砣
* (colloquial, literal) sliding weight of a steelyard
* (colloquial, figurative) person who cannot swim

#### Synonyms

* (sliding weight):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 秤錘 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 秤砣, 秤錘, 秤錘兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 秤砣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 秤砣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 秤錘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 秤錘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 秤砣, 秤錘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 秤砣, 秤砣石 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 秤砣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 秤砣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 秤砣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 秤砣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 秤砣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 秤砣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 秤砣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 秤砣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 秤砣, 砣 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 秤砣 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 秤砣 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 秤砣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 秤砣, 秤砣石 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 秤砣 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 秤砣 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 秤砣 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 秤砣 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 秤砣 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 秤錘 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 秤錘, 秤錘仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 秤錘, 秤錘仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 秤錘, 秤錘仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 秤砣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 秤砣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 秤錘仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 秤砣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 秤砣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 秤錘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 秤砣 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 秤砣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 秤砣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 秤陀 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 秤砣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 秤砣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 秤砣 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 秤錘, 秤砣 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 秤錘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 秤錘 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 秤砣 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 秤砣 |