千斤 qiānjīn one thousand catties Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 千 qiān numeral thousand thousand; the number 1,000; the financial form is 仟 qiān斤 jīn noun jin A unit of weight; one catty. In mainland China, it is exactly 500 grams (0.5 kg). In Taiwan, it is 600 grams. In Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, it is approximately 604.8 grams.