掂量

Chinese

		weigh in the hand	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (掂量)		掂	量

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim¹ loeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānliáng → diānliang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄌㄧㄤˊ → ㄉㄧㄢ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dianliång
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-liang⁵
    • Yale: dyān-lyang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian.liang
    • Palladius: дяньлян (djanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim¹ loeng⁶
    • Yale: dīm leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim¹ loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim¹ lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm⁵⁵ lœːŋ²²/

Verb

掂量

1. to weigh in the hand
2. to think over; to weigh up; to deliberate; to ponder; to consider

Synonyms

• (weigh in the hand; think over): 掂掇 (diānduo)

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