# 秤 (chèng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 秤 (chèng) means “scale; steelyard balance”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: scale; steelyard balance
- Pinyin: chèng (cheng4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 台
- Other readings: chēng — to weigh (variant of 称)

## Examples

- 把苹果放在秤上称一下。
  Bǎ píngguǒ fàng zài chèng shàng chēng yīxià.
  Put the apples on the scale to weigh them.

https://hanziro.com/word/cheng-scale/

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