"Pound" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zá to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle
 bàng see 磅秤 / scale / platform balance / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
 qiāo jī to pound / to rap
 jì dòng to pound / to throb
 chuí dǎ to beat / to pound / to thump
 bàng pound (sterling) (loanword)
 dǎo to pound / to beat / to hull / to attack / to disturb / to stir
 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold
 chōng to pound (grain) / beat
 dǎo stir / to pound
 lu:è (old) to beat / to pound
 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
 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact
 Yīng bàng pound sterling
 dǎo suì to pound into pieces / to mash
 duì pestle / pound with a pestle
 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
 jǐng hào number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign
 Cháng héng zhì Avoirdupois Weight, a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
 niú yóu jǐ pound cake
 zá hāng to pound the earth to make a building foundation
 bàng dàn gāo pound cake
  pound net
 jīn héng troy weight, system of weights for precious metals and gemstones based on the 12-ounce pound (or 5,760 grains)
 tān xiǎo shī dà penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
 kè tóu rú dǎo suàn lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom) / fig. to pound the ground with one's head
 zhòng yóu dàn gāo pound cake
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