量 (loeng4 loeng6 | liang2 liang4) : measure; deliberate; amount; estimate

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

量

loeng4 loeng6

liang2 liang4

[粵] loeng4 | [國] liang2
[1] [v] take a measurement; gauge; survey
[2] [v] deliberate; take into consideration

[粵] loeng6 | [國] liang4
[1] [n] standard unit for measuring volume
[2] [n] amount; quantity; capacity
[3] [v] estimate; appraise; evaluate

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#166)

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

量

This word has been viewed 14790 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Nov 2013 14:40

Output this character as a high resolution image

量入為出 loeng4 jap6 wai4 ceot1 liang2 ru4 wei2 chu1 = to assess one's income and spend accordingly; to live within one's means; You can only spend what you earn.

商量 soeng1 loeng4 shang1 liang5 = consult; discuss

盡量 zeon6 loeng6 jin4 liang4 = reach the limit; to the full

儘量 zeon2 loeng6 jin3 liang4 = to the best of one's ability

大量 daai6 loeng6 da4 liang4 = large amount of; forgiving

飯量 faan6 loeng6 fan4 liang4 = appetite; eating capacity

力量 lik6 loeng6 li4 liang5 = power; physical strength; force

高質量 gou1 zat1 loeng6 gao1 zhi4 liang4 = high quality

重量 cung5 loeng6 zhong4 liang4 = weight

量詞 loeng6 ci4 liang4 ci2 = measure word; classifier
See all 114 compounds (CantoDict reports 121 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 量

我過咗年就要做個量地官囉粵
I'll be out of a job after the new year.

在這個環境，這個〝場〞字是個量詞。國
The character "場" is a classifier in this context.
[口語：喺呢個環境，呢個〝場〞字係個量詞。 (The actual context in which this sentence arose was 在還原那場雨, where 場 is a classifier for rain.)]

我想請您給我量一下我的胸圍尺寸。國
I want you to take my chest measurement.

景氣好壞可從口紅銷售量看出端倪
The sales volume of lipstick gives a clue as to how prosperous the economy is.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/835/]量[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/835/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">量</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 量
Unicode code for this character: U+91cf (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum