电子秤

電子秤

diànzǐchèng

noun

Measure Word

一台电子秤 tái

Meanings

1 digital scale
2 electronic scale
3 kitchen/body scale (digital)

Characters

scale / balance

Examples

HSK 4

她每天早上站电子秤量体重。

Tā měitiān zǎoshang zhàn diànzǐchèng liáng tǐzhòng.

She steps on the digital scale every morning to check her weight.

HSK 7-9

做烘焙最好用电子秤称面粉。

Zuò hōngbèi zuìhǎo yòng diànzǐchèng chēng miànfěn.

It's best to weigh flour on a digital scale when baking.

Tips

usage

电子秤 is the catch-all digital scale - the same word covers kitchen scales, body scales, and shop scales. The traditional steelyard balance is 杆秤 (gǎnchèng), now mostly nostalgic.

Stroke Order

电 diàn

子 zǐ

秤 chèng