秤杆

秤桿

chènggǎn

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

秤杆上的小点叫秤星。

Chènggǎn shàng de xiǎo diǎn jiào chèngxīng.

The little dots on the steelyard beam are called scale marks.

HSK 7-9

老板把秤砣往外一挪，秤杆就平了。

Lǎobǎn bǎ chèngtuó wǎng wài yì nuó, chènggǎn jiù píng le.

The vendor slid the weight outward, and the beam leveled off.

culture

At a traditional wedding the groom lifts the bride's red veil, the 喜帕, with a 秤杆, because 秤 sounds like 称 in 称心如意 'everything just as you wish'.

usage

杆 is read gǎn here, the shaft of a tool, as in 笔杆 'pen shaft'. The weight that slides along it is the 秤砣.

秤 chèng

杆 gān