# 臺秤
## Chinese

| | | (measure word); platform; stage(measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station | steelyard; steel yard; scales |
| trad. (臺秤/檯秤/枱秤/台秤) | trad. (臺秤/檯秤/枱秤/台秤) | 臺/檯/枱/台 | 秤 |
| simp. (台秤) | simp. (台秤) | 台 | 秤 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): táichèng
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄔㄥˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tai$^2$ cen$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): toi$^4$ cing$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâi-chhìn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$de-tshen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táichèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄔㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táichèng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^2$-chʻêng$^4$
*** Yale: tái-chèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairchenq
*** Palladius: тайчэн (tajčɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: tai$^2$ cen$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tai cen
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai²¹ t͡sʰən²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: toi$^4$ cing$^3$
*** Yale: tòih ching
*** Cantonese Pinyin: toi$^4$ tsing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: toi$^4$ qing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi-chhìn
*** Tâi-lô: tâi-tshìn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: daichixn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰin²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$de-tshen
*** MiniDict: de$^去$ tshen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$de-tshen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /de²² t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

### Noun

臺秤
* platform scale; platform balance
* (dialectal) counter scale

#### Synonyms

* (platform scale):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 磅秤, 臺秤, 磅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 磅秤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 臺秤 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 磅秤, 磅 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 磅, 磅秤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 磅秤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 磅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 磅秤, 磅 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 磅秤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 磅秤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 磅秤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 磅秤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 磅秤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 磅秤, 臺秤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 磅秤, 磅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 磅秤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 磅秤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 磅秤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 磅秤 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 磅 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 磅 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 磅秤 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 磅秤 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 飽秤 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 磅秤, 秤仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 磅秤, 秤仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 磅秤, 秤仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 磅秤, 秤 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 磅秤, 秤仔, 秤 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 磅秤, 秤 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 磅秤 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 臺盤秤 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 磅子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 磅秤 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 磅, 磅仔, 磅仔秤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 磅 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 磅 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 磅 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 磅秤, 磅 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Danyang | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 磅秤 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 磅秤 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 磅秤 |
* (counter scale): 案秤 (ànchèng)