砸 zá to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle 磅 bàng see 磅秤 / scale / platform balance / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) 敲 击 qiāo jī to pound / to rap 悸 动 jì dòng to pound / to throb 捶 打 chuí dǎ to beat / to pound / to thump 镑 bàng pound (sterling) (loanword) 捣 dǎo to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir 擂 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold 舂 chōng to pound (grain) / beat 擣 dǎo stir / to pound 㧰 lu:è (old) to beat / to pound 庞 德 Páng Dé Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator 冲 击 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact 英 镑 Yīng bàng pound sterling 捣 碎 dǎo suì to pound into pieces / to mash 碓 duì pestle / pound with a pestle 一 不 做 , 二 不 休 yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound 井 号 jǐng hào number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign 常 衡 制 Cháng héng zhì Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) 牛 油 戟 niú yóu jǐ pound cake 砸 夯 zá hāng to pound the earth to make a building foundation 磅 蛋 糕 bàng dàn gāo pound cake 陷 阱 网 , 定 置 网 pound net 金 衡 jīn héng troy weight, system of weights for precious metals and gemstones based on the 12-ounce pound (or 5,760 grains) 贪 小 失 大 tān xiǎo shī dà penny wise and pound foolish (idiom) 磕 头 如 捣 蒜 kè tóu rú dǎo suàn lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom) / fig. to pound the ground with one's head 重 油 蛋 糕 zhòng yóu dàn gāo pound cake