磅
bàng
HSK 6
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noun
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
磅 has 石 stone as its meaning part and 旁 páng as its sound part. It first meant the sound of a falling stone. The sense 'pound,' a weight unit, was borrowed for sound from English.
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Example Sentences
我买了一个新的磅秤。
wǒ mǎi le yígè xīnde bàngchèng 。
I bought a new scale.
这袋米重十磅。
zhè dài mǐ zhòng shí bàng 。
This bag of rice weighs ten pounds.
你知道磅和千克之间的换算吗？
nǐ zhīdào bàng hé qiānkè zhījiān de huànsuàn ma ？
Do you know the conversion between pounds and kilograms?
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