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磅 meaning in English

bàng

scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh

HSK 7-9measure wordnoun15 strokes

Meaning of 磅

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bàng
  1. scale (instrument for weighing)
  2. to weigh
  3. (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
  4. (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type)
  5. (Tw) (printing) pound; ream weight (used to describe paper thickness)
páng
  1. used in 磅礡|磅礴[pang2 bo2]
  2. Taiwan pr. [pang1]

磅 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā重zhòng二èr百bǎi七qī十shí磅bàng。
He weighs 270 pounds.
上shàng周zhōu我wǒ胖pàng了le五wǔ磅bàng。
Last week I gained another five pounds.
我wǒ要yào三sān磅bàng的de鸡jī肉ròu。
I'd like three pounds of chicken.
一yì般bān来lái说shuō，你nǐ应yīng该gāi为wèi每měi两liǎng个gè客kè人rén准zhǔn备bèi一yī磅bàng牛niú肉ròu。
As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.
鱼yú在zài这zhè里lǐ是shì以yǐ磅bàng为wèi单dān位wèi来lái出chū售shòu。
Fish is sold by the pound here.

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磅 bàng · scale · 15 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 磅.

重磅zhòngbàng(of a bomb) powerful; (of news) impactful; significant

Questions about 磅

What does 磅 mean?

磅 (bàng) means "scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh" and is used as a measure word and noun.

How do you write 磅?

磅 is made of 1 character: 磅 (15 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 磅 an HSK word?

Yes. 磅 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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