測 (cak1 caak1 | ce4) : measure; conjecture

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測

cak1 caak1

ce4

[1] measure; survey; fathom
[2] conjecture; speculate; guess

[粵] Note on pronunciation of this character here: [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

測 / 测

This word has been viewed 7372 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Sep 2009 13:54

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測驗 cak1 jim6 ce4 yan4 = test; to test

預測 jyu6 cak1 yu4 ce4 = to forecast; to predict

檢測 gim2 cak1 jian3 ce4 = to detect

猜測 caai1 cak1 cai1 ce4 = to guess; to conjecture; to surmise

測量 cak1 loeng4 ce4 liang4 = survey

測試 cak1 si3 ce4 shi4 = trial; test; beta (software)

測算 cak1 syun3 ce4 suan4 = to measure and calculate

測定 cak1 ding6 ce4 ding4 = to survey and evaluate

探測 taam3 caak1 tan4 ce4 = to probe; to take readings

推測 teoi1 cak1 tui1 ce4 = to speculate; to surmise; conjecture; speculation
See all 59 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 測
Unicode code for this character: U+6e2c (off-site link)

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