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磅

bàng · bang/páng · pang

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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bàng 磅

  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)

páng 磅

  1. used in 磅礴 (páng bó)
  2. Taiwan pr. [pāng]
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Two pounds of flour

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)面包(miànbāo)食谱(shípǔ)要(yào)两(liǎng)磅(bàng)面粉(miànfěn)。

    This bread recipe needs two pounds of flour.

  2. Dengdeng

    磅(bàng)？我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)有(yǒu)公斤(gōngjīn)的(de)秤(chèng)。

    Pounds? I only have a kilogram scale.

  3. Liangliang

    一(yī)磅(bàng)差不多(chàbuduō)是(shì)零点四五(língdiǎnsìwǔ)公斤(gōngjīn)，两(liǎng)磅(bàng)不到(bùdào)一(yī)公斤(gōngjīn)。

    One pound is about 0.45 kilograms, so two pounds is less than one kilogram.

  4. Dengdeng

    我这儿(wǒzhèr)的(de)面粉(miànfěn)正好(zhènghǎo)有(yǒu)一(yī)公斤(gōngjīn)。

    The flour I have here is exactly one kilogram.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)昨天(zuótiān)不是(bùshì)用(yòng)了(le)一半(yībàn)吗(ma)？

    But didn't you use half of it yesterday?

  6. Dengdeng

    啊(a)，那(nà)我(wǒ)得(děi)去(qù)买(mǎi)面粉(miànfěn)了(le)。

    Oh. Then I have to go buy flour.

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2 examples
01

鱼(yú)在(zài)这(zhè)里(lǐ)是(shì)以(yǐ)磅(bàng)为(wéi)单(dān)位(wèi)来(lái)出(chū)售(shòu)。

Fish is sold by the pound here.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)把(bǎ)行(xíng)李(li)放(fàng)在(zài)磅(bàng)秤(chèng)上(shàng)称(chēng)了(le)称(chēng)。

He put his luggage on the scale and weighed it.

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