血秤

Chinese

		blood	steelyard; steel yard; scales
simp. and trad. (血秤)		血	秤

Pronunciation

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷shiq-tshen

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• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiq-tshen
    • MiniDict: shih^入 tshen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴xiq-tshen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɪʔ³³ t͡sʰən⁴⁴/

Noun

血秤

1. (Shanghainese) a very short weight set of scales

   • 喔唷！搿把血秤斬脫我介許多鈔票！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
     喔唷！搿把血秤斩脱我介许多钞票！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 23

     ⁷oq-ioq ⁸geq-po ⁷shiq-tshen ⁵tse-theq ⁶ngu ⁵ka-shiu-tu ⁵tshau-phiau [Wugniu]

     Oh no! This set of scales has stolen so much money from me!