traditional steelyard; wooden beam balance scale
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steelyard; traditional Chinese balance scale with a wooden beam, sliding counterweight (秤锤), and graduated markings (秤星)
Distinguished from 台秤 (platform scale) and 电子秤 (electronic scale). The counterweight is called 秤锤 or 秤砣, and the balance marks are called 秤星.
Yé爷
ye爷
zhì至
jīn今
hái还
bǎo保
liú留
zhe着
nà那
bǎ把
lǎo老
gǎn杆
chèng秤
。
Grandpa still keeps that old steelyard to this day.
Lǎo老
bǎn板
yòng用
gǎn杆
chèng秤
chēng称
le了
wǔ五
jīn斤
píng苹
guǒ果
。
The boss weighed five jin of apples with a steelyard.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
chuán传
tǒng统
de的
gǎn杆
chèng秤
xiàn现
zài在
yuè越
lái来
yuè越
shǎo少
jiàn见
le了
。
This kind of traditional steelyard is becoming increasingly rare.
Tā他
shú熟
liàn练
de地
bō拨
dòng动
chèng秤
chuí锤
，
jǐ几
miǎo秒
zhōng钟
jiù就
chēng称
hǎo好
le了
zhòng重
liàng量
。
He skillfully adjusted the counterweight and finished weighing in a few seconds.