Usage note
斤是用于计量物品重量的单位，常用来称量较重的东西。
jīn shì yòng yú jìliàng wùpǐn zhòngliàng de dānwèi, cháng lái yòng lái chēngliàng qiáo zhòng de dōngxi.
斤 is a unit used to measure the weight of items and is commonly used to weigh heavier things.
Context note
斤常用于市场、超市和菜市场。例如，你可能会听到卖肉的叔叔说一块肉是五斤重。
jīn cháng yòng yú shìchǎng, chāoshì hé cài fǎshì. rúlèi, nǐ kěnéng huì tīngdào mài ròu de shūshū shuō yī kuài ròu shì wǔ jīn zhòng.
斤 is often used in markets, supermarkets, and vegetable markets. For example, you might hear a meat seller say that a piece of meat weighs five 斤.
5 examples
这袋米重五斤。
zhè dài mǐ zhòng wǔ jīn。
This bag of rice weighs five 斤.
他买了两斤苹果。
tā mǎi le liǎng jīn píng guǒ。
He bought two 斤 of apples.
一斤等于半公斤。
yì jīn děng yú bàn gōng jīn。
One 斤 equals half a kilogram.
妈妈买了十斤鱼。
mā ma mǎi le shí jīn yú。
Mom bought ten 斤 of fish.
这包糖重一斤半。
zhè bāo táng zhòng yì jīn bàn。
This bag of sugar weighs one and a half 斤.
5 mini stories
妈妈买菜时，发现了一斤新鲜的鱼。
mā ma mǎi cài shí， fā xiàn le yì jīn xīn xiān de yú。
When Mom was buying vegetables, she found a fresh fish that weighed one 斤.
爸爸去市场买肉，买了五斤。
bà ba qù shì chǎng mǎi ròu， mǎi le wǔ jīn。
Dad went to the market to buy meat and bought five 斤.
奶奶用一斤米煮了一锅粥。
nǎi nai yòng yì jīn mǐ zhǔ le yì guō zhōu。
Grandma used one 斤 of rice to cook a pot of porridge.
小明在超市买了两斤苹果。
xiǎo míng zài chāo shì mǎi le liǎng jīn píng guǒ。
Xiaoming bought two 斤 of apples in the supermarket.
妈妈说一斤等于半公斤，小明记住了。
mā ma shuō yì jīn děng yú bàn gōng jīn， xiǎo míng jì zhù le。
Mom said that one 斤 equals half a kilogram, and Xiaoming remembered it.
Mini dialogue
买苹果
A
阿姨，苹果怎么卖？
Āyí, píngguǒ zěnme mài?
Ma'am, how do you sell the apples?
B
五块钱一斤，你要几斤？
Wǔ kuài qián yī jīn, nǐ yào jǐ jīn?
Five yuan per jin, how many jin do you want?
帮忙提东西
A
这个袋子好重，里面是什么？
Zhège dàizi hǎo zhòng, lǐmiàn shì shénme?
This bag is so heavy, what's inside?
B
是米，正好五斤。
Shì mǐ, zhènghǎo wǔ jīn.
It's rice, exactly five jin.
Related words and contrasts
related
公斤
gōng jīn
kilogram
1 公斤 equals 2 斤. 公斤 is used for heavier things.
related
克
kè
gram
克 is a smaller unit of weight. 1 斤 equals 500 克.