斤

HSK 3#8277 by frequencyradical 斤

jīn["q"]

catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

Examples

你上个月减了多少公斤？

How many kilograms did you lose last month?

能不能请您给我一公斤牛排？

Can you give me a kilo of steak?

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.