砝碼

Chinese

			a weight; number; yard a weight; number; yard; code; pile; stack
trad. (砝碼)		砝	碼
simp. (砝码)		砝	码
alternative forms		砝馬／砝马 法馬／法马 法碼／法码

砝碼。

Etymology

From 法馬／法马 (literally “standard pile”).

交易者以銅為法，衡銀輕重，謂之法馬，皆屬計數之意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
交易者以铜为法，衡银轻重，谓之法马，皆属计数之意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 清·翟灝《通俗編·交際》

Jiāoyì zhě yǐ tóng wèi fǎ, héng yín qīngzhòng, wèi zhī fǎmǎ, jiē shǔ jìshù zhī yì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁴ bhê²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmǎ [Phonetic: fámǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-ma³
    • Yale: fǎ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamaa
    • Palladius: фама (fama)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎmǎr [Phonetic: fámǎr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄇㄚˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎmǎr
    • Wade–Giles: fa³-ma³-ʼrh
    • Yale: fǎ-mǎr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faamaal
    • Palladius: фамар (famar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ maa⁵
    • Yale: faat máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huag⁴ bhê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huak bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚²⁻⁴ be⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

砝碼

1. standard weight (used on a balance scale)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 砝碼 (“standard weight”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		砝碼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	砝碼
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	磅子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	磅錘, 磅子
Southern Min	Xiamen	磅子
	Quanzhou	磅子
	Zhangzhou	磅子
	Zhao'an	磅子, 砝碼
	Taipei	磅子
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	磅子
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	磅子
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	磅子
	Kaohsiung	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	磅子
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	磅子
	Yilan (Toucheng)	磅仔子
	Tainan	磅子
	Tainan (Anping)	磅子
	Kinmen	磅子
	Penghu (Magong)	磅子
	Penghu (Xiyu)	磅子
	Leizhou	磅錘