秤 chèng

1. chèng noun scale; platform balance
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 磅秤; variant of 称 (CC-CEDICT '秤'; Guoyu '秤' n; Kroll 2015 '秤' 1, p. 49; Mathews 1931 '秤', p. 50; Unihan '秤'; XHZD '秤', p. 87)
2. chèng noun steelyard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '秤'; Kroll 2015 '秤' 1, p. 49; Mathews 1931 '秤', p. 50; Unihan '秤')
3. chèng noun a weight equal to 15 catties
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '秤' 2, p. 49)
4. chèng verb to weigh
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '秤' v)

Contained in

• 友有四品; 1. 有友如花 2. 有友如秤 3. 有友如山 4. 有友如地 Four Kinds of Friends: 1. Friendship like a flower; 2. Friendship like a balance-scale; 3. Friendship like a mountain; 4. Friendship like the ground.
• 有友如秤 Friendship Like a Balance-scale

Also contained in

秤纽 、 掉秤 、 折秤 、 秤锤 、 盘秤 、 秤砣虽小压千斤 、 秤杆 、 秤到准 、 秤柴而爨 、 秤盘 、 秤砣 、 秤钩 、 秤平斗满 、 弹簧秤 、 掌秤 、 磅秤 、 秤钩子 、 天秤 、 天秤座 、 秤薪而爨 、 秤鉈 、 杆秤 、 秤星

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Truncated for common words

• Chapter 2: Thinking about Positioning for Advantage - Measurement 卷二　往好處想 ■度量衡 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 9 - Thinking about Positioning for Advantage 《人間萬事9－往好處去想》 — count: 5
• Scroll 3: The Four Aspects of the Dharma are Everywhere - Four If's for People Holding Office 卷四 處眾四法 執政者四如 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 6 - Four Principles for Acting with Integrity 《星雲法語6－做人四原則》 — count: 5
• Scroll 2: Preparing for the Future - Good Teachers that are Helpful Friends 卷二 預備未來 良師益友 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 8 - Conditions for Success 《星雲法語8－成功的條件》 — count: 3
• Scroll 2: Renewing Yourself - Four Kinds of Friend 卷二　更新自己 朋友四類 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 1 - Conditions for Success 《人間萬事1－成就的條件》 — count: 3
• Do Not Belittle One's Own Value 人不可自輕 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》 — count: 3
• Buddhism and Men of Letters 佛教與文人 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 3
• Chan and Men of Letters 禪與文人 Humanistic Buddhism Series 9 - Study of the Chan and Pure Land Schools 《人間佛教系列9－禪學與淨土》 — count: 3
• Chapter 1: Cultivation of Giving - The Meaning of 'Function' 卷一　給的修行 ■「用」的意義 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 12 - Being Aware of One's Frame of Mind 《人間萬事12－悟者的心境》 — count: 2
• The Definition of Success 成功的定義 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》 — count: 2
• Market Price Indicators 行情表 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 8 - Where do Blessings Come From? 《迷悟之間(八)福報哪裡來》 — count: 2

Collocations

• 秤秤 (秤秤) 不可以秤秤也 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Undertaking responsibility for family and work - Part 15 [Lecture] 信受奉行荷擔家業分第十五 【講話】 — count: 6
• 小秤 (小秤) 大斗小秤 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, Walk with Right Path 要走正路 — count: 5
• 秤小 (秤小) 大秤小斗吃甚素 — Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》, Hsing Yun Diary 6 - An Uninvited Helper: Never Forget One’s Initial Aspirations 星雲日記６～不請之友 不忘初心(1990/7/1~7/15) — count: 5
• 秤来 (秤來) 可以用秤來稱 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 5 - Doing Battle with Yourself 《人間萬事5－向自己宣戰》, Scroll 3: Do Good Deeds - Surveying 卷三　做好事 測量 — count: 4
• 用秤 (用秤) 可以用秤來稱 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 5 - Doing Battle with Yourself 《人間萬事5－向自己宣戰》, Scroll 3: Do Good Deeds - Surveying 卷三　做好事 測量 — count: 4
• 大秤 (大秤) 大秤小斗吃甚素 — Hsing Yun Diary (1989/7-1991/4) 《星雲日記(1989/7~1991/4)》, Hsing Yun Diary 6 - An Uninvited Helper: Never Forget One’s Initial Aspirations 星雲日記６～不請之友 不忘初心(1990/7/1~7/15) — count: 4
• 一秤 (一秤) 一秤二十公斤 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 8 - Where do Blessings Come From? 《迷悟之間(八)福報哪裡來》, Penetrating Space 無孔不入 — count: 3
• 姓秤 (姓秤) 我姓秤 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, Do Not Belittle One's Own Value 人不可自輕 — count: 3
• 专门秤 (專門秤) 專門秤天下長老有多重的秤 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, Do Not Belittle One's Own Value 人不可自輕 — count: 3
• 轻秤 (輕秤) 輕秤販賣 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Precepts 人間佛教的戒學 — count: 3