Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.

    ка́ттиkátti, цзиньczinʹ

  2. (informal, slang)A catapult.

More definitions
  • any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Let's not be catty.

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  2. Let us weigh one catty of cuttlefish.

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  3. Tom made a catty joke about Mary's dress being from a thrift shop.

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  4. Ziri named the cat Catty.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
Chinese unit of weight:

Origin

From Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi).

From Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi).

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Forms

plural: catties / cattys

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams):cattie

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcatty-cornercatty-wonker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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