# 秤錘
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chèngchuí
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^3$ ceoi$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): che̿ng-tṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): chéng-*tùi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhìn-thûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cing$^3$ tui$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chèngchuí
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chèngchuéi
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^4$-chʻui$^2$
*** Yale: chèng-chwéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chenqchwei
*** Palladius: чэнчуй (čɛnčuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^3$ ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: ching chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^3$ tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^3$ cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ³³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: che̿ng-tṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰeiŋ³³ tʰy³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chéng-*tùi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰui⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Sanxia, Yilan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìn-thûi
*** Tâi-lô: tshìn-thuî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chientuii
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰui²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yilan): /t͡sʰin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰui²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cing$^3$ tui$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshìng thûi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tʰui⁵⁵/

### Noun

秤錘
* sliding weight of a steelyard
* (Mainland China Hokkien) child that stays with a remarried mother

#### 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 |

#### See also

* 權衡／权衡 (quánhéng)