steelyard beam; balance arm
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the beam of a steelyard balance; the graduated wooden bar of a traditional Chinese scale
Often used with the erhua suffix 儿 as 秤杆儿 (chèng gǎn r) in spoken Mandarin. The scale markings (秤星) are inlaid on this beam to measure weight.
Lǎo老
mù木
jiàng匠
zhèng正
zài在
xiū修
lǐ理
nà那
gēn根
chèng秤
gǎn杆
。
The old carpenter is repairing that steelyard beam.
Zhè这
gǎn杆
chèng秤
de的
chèng秤
gǎn杆
shang上
xiāng镶
zhe着
mì密
mi密
má麻
má麻
de的
chèng秤
xīng星
。
The beam of this steelyard is inlaid with dense measurement markings.
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Tā他
ná拿
qǐ起
chèng秤
gǎn杆
r儿
chēng称
le了
cheng称
zhè这
dài袋
tǔ土
dòu豆
。
He picked up the steelyard beam and weighed this bag of potatoes.
Chèng秤
gǎn杆
yào要
bǎo保
chí持
shuǐ水
píng平
cái才
néng能
chēng称
de得
zhǔn准
。
The scale beam must be kept level to get an accurate weight.