硫芥子气 sulphur mustard / S mustard 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 载重量 載重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight / weight capacity of a vehicle 总重 總重 zǒng zhòng gross weight / total weight 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 斤 jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g 市两 市兩 shì liǎng Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams 市钱 市錢 shì qián Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 5 grams 给 給 gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn 三号电池 三號電池 sān hào diàn chí C size battery (PRC) (Taiwan equivalent: 二號電池|二号电池[er4 hao4 dian4 chi2]) / AA battery (Tw) (PRC equivalent: 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]) 二氧化碳当量 carbon dioxide equivalent / CO2 equivalent 等量二氧化碳 equivalent carbon dioxide / equivalent CO2 叁硝基甲苯当量 三硝基甲苯當量 trinitrotoluene equivalent / TNT equivalent 芥末 jiè mo mustard / wasabi 榨菜 zhà cài hot pickled mustard tuber 芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4] syn 雪里蕻 雪裡蕻 xuě lǐ hóng potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia) 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 芥子气 芥子氣 jiè zǐ qì mustard gas 芥 jiè mustard syn 氮芥气 氮芥氣 dàn jiè qì nitrogen mustard 盖菜 蓋菜 gài cài leaf mustard syn 芥子气恶病质 芥子氣惡病質 jiè zǐ qì è bìng zhì mustard cachexia 芥子气水疱 芥子氣水皰 jiè zǐ qì shuǐ pào mustard vesicle 芥子气伪膜 芥子氣偽膜 jiè zǐ qì wěi mó mustard pseudomembrane 塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage 芥菜籽 jiè cài zǐ mustard seed 芥蓝 芥藍 gài lán Chinese broccoli / Chinese kale / cabbage mustard / Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra / also pr. [jie4 lan2] 青江菜 qīng jiāng cài bok choy / Shanghai pak choy / Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis) 青芥辣 qīng jiè là horseradish / wasabi / green mustard 小松菜 xiǎo sōng cài komatsuna, aka Japanese mustard spinach, a variety of Brassica rapa 梅干菜 梅乾菜 méi gān cài salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 重量 zhòng liàng weight / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 减肥 減肥 jiǎn féi to lose weight 不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn 体重 體重 tǐ zhòng body weight 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline syn 轻薄 輕薄 qīng bó light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful syn 承载 承載 chéng zài to bear the weight / to sustain syn 加权 加權 jiā quán (math.) to weight / weighting / weighted (average, index etc) 塑身 sù shēn body sculpting (weight loss and exercise) 成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness syn 权重 權重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) 净重 淨重 jìng zhòng net weight syn 发胖 發胖 fā pàng to put on weight / to get fat syn 举重 舉重 jǔ zhòng to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports) 如释重负 如釋重負 rú shì zhòng fù as if relieved from a burden (idiom) / to have a weight off one's mind syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 哑铃 啞鈴 yǎ líng dumbbell (weight) 发福 發福 fā fú to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) syn 千斤顶 千斤頂 qiān jīn dǐng jack (for lifting weight) syn 毛重 máo zhòng gross weight syn 坠子 墜子 zhuì zi weight / pendant / same as 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] / ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡|坠胡[zhui4 hu2] syn 支承 zhī chéng to support / to bear the weight of (a building) 净含量 淨含量 jìng hán liàng net weight 斤两 斤兩 jīn liǎng weight / (fig.) importance syn 两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn 飞扬跋扈 飛揚跋扈 fēi yáng bá hù bossy and domineering / throwing one's weight about syn 重码 重碼 zhòng mǎ weight code 压垮 壓垮 yā kuǎ to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm 市斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg 消渴 xiāo kě condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 敌众我寡 敵衆我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers syn 原子量 yuán zǐ liàng atomic weight / atomic mass 钱 錢 qián coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] syn 言之无物 言之無物 yán zhī wú wù (of a writing etc) to have no substance (idiom) / to carry no weight syn 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 码 碼 mǎ weight / number / code / to pile / to stack / classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 爰 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 镒 鎰 yì ancient unit of weight equal to 20 or 24 liang 兩|两[liang3] 氘 dāo deuterium 2H / heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2 喱 lí grain (unit of weight, approx. 0.065 grams) / Taiwan pr. [li3] 锊 鋝 lüè (ancient unit of weight) 锱 錙 zī ancient weight / one-eighth of a tael 锾 鍰 huán ancient unit of weight / money 氕 piē protium 1H / light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so atomic weight 1 镮 鐶 huán (ancient weight) / metal ring 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom) / words of enormous weight syn 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / valuable advice / words of enormous weight 秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost 衡情酌理 héng qíng zhuó lǐ to weight the matter and deliberate the reason (idiom) / to weigh and consider / to deliberate 浑身解数 渾身解數 hún shēn xiè shù to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4] 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight 背包袱 bēi bāo fú to have a weight on one's mind / to take on a mental burden syn 比威力 bǐ wēi lì yield-to-weight ratio (of a nuclear weapon) 贔 bì able to support great weight 鐶 huán (ancient weight) / metal ring 减掉 減掉 jiǎn diào to subtract / to lose (weight) syn 