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 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 体重 體重 tǐ zhòng body weight 安全带 安全帶 ān quán dài seat belt / safety belt syn 减肥 減肥 jiǎn féi to lose weight 皮带 皮帶 pí dài strap / leather belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 重量 zhòng liàng weight / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 腰带 腰帶 yāo dài belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth / a bundle wrapped in cloth / load / weight / burden / funny part / punchline syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 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 不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn 发胖 發胖 fā pàng to put on weight / to get fat syn 承载 承載 chéng zài to bear the weight / to sustain syn 举重 舉重 jǔ zhòng to lift weights / weight-lifting (sports) 传送带 傳送帶 chuán sòng dài conveyor belt / transmission belt 发福 發福 fā fú to put on weight / to get fat (a sign of prosperity, so a compliment) syn 三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 压垮 壓垮 yā kuǎ to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm 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 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 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 哑铃 啞鈴 yǎ líng dumbbell (weight) 千斤顶 千斤頂 qiān jīn dǐng jack (for lifting weight) syn 轻薄 輕薄 qīng bó light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful syn 砝码 砝碼 fǎ mǎ standard weight (used on a balance scale) 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 裤带 褲帶 kù dài belt (in trousers) / CL:根[gen1] 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold / purity in carat weight / quality / fineness syn 斤两 斤兩 jīn liǎng weight / (fig.) importance syn 秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn 加权 加權 jiā quán (math.) to weight / weighting / weighted (average, index etc) 输送带 輸送帶 shū sòng dài conveyor belt 毛重 máo zhòng gross weight syn 履带 履帶 lǚ dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt syn 载重量 載重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight / weight capacity of a vehicle 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 传动带 傳動帶 chuán dòng dài transmission belt syn 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 塑身 sù shēn body sculpting (weight loss and exercise) 权重 權重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth) 净重 淨重 jìng zhòng net weight syn 肩带 肩帶 jiān dài shoulder strap / shoulder harness / shoulder belt / baldric / CL:條|条[tiao2] 衣带 衣帶 yī dài belt / sash / attire (clothes and belt) 支承 zhī chéng to support / to bear the weight of (a building) 净含量 淨含量 jìng hán liàng net weight 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 总重 總重 zǒng zhòng gross weight / total weight 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 束带 束帶 shù dài band / belt / loincloth / cummerbund 贞操带 貞操帶 zhēn cāo dài chastity belt 皮带扣 皮帶釦 pí dài kòu belt buckle 钱 錢 qián coin / money / CL:筆|笔[bi3] / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3] 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 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 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 减掉 減掉 jiǎn diào to subtract / to lose (weight) syn 斤 jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 原子量 yuán zǐ liàng atomic weight / atomic mass 爰 yuán therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money 衿 jīn collar / belt / variant of 襟[jin1] 锾 鍰 huán ancient unit of weight / money 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 小行星带 小行星帶 xiǎo xíng xīng dài asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 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 裢 褳 lián pouch hung from belt 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 琚 jū ornamental gems for belt 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom) / words of enormous weight syn 谷神星 穀神星 gǔ shén xīng Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi 背包袱 bēi bāo fú to have a weight on one's mind / to take on a mental burden syn 瘦身 shòu shēn to lose weight (intentionally) / to slim down / (Tw) to downsize (a business) 配重 pèi zhòng bobweight / (diving) weight 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 布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed 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 浮冰带 浮冰帶 fú bīng dài ice belt / belt 生命带 生命帶 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone 三角带 三角帶 sān jiǎo dài V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section) 