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Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gōngdàn
"这批货物的重量有好几公担。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (metric quintal), commonly used in agriculture and commerce.
"The farmers harvested over fifty quintals of wheat this season." - 2
A historical unit of weight varying between 100 and 112 pounds depending on the region.
"Old shipping manifests recorded the cargo in terms of traditional quintals."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin quintale, which came from the Arabic qinṭār, ultimately tracing its roots back to the Latin centum meaning 'hundred'. Historically used across the Mediterranean and Europe to denote a unit of weight equal to a hundred pounds or subsequently one hundred kilograms.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Quintal" is said worldwide
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quintal
Transliteration: /kɛ̃.tal/
"Le camion transporte plusieurs quintaux de blé."
Zentner
Transliteration: /ˈtsɛntnɐ/
"Der Ertrag wurde in Zentnern gemessen."
quintale
Transliteration: /kwinˈtaːle/
"Il raccolto ha prodotto trenta quintali di olive."
quintal
Transliteration: /kinˈtal/
"Compraron varios quintales de café."
quintal
Transliteration: /kĩˈtaɫ/
"A produção foi estimada em cem quintais."
क्विंटल
Transliteration: kvintal
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"किसान ने बाजार में दस क्विंटल अनाज बेचा।"
公担
Transliteration: gōngdàn
Script: 中文汉字
"这批货物的重量有好几公担。"
큰탈
Transliteration: kwintal
Script: 한국어 한글
"수확량이 여러 큰탈에 달했다."
क्विंटल
Transliteration: kuintaru
Script: 日本語
"収穫量は数 क्विंटलにのぼった。"
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