權衡

Chinese

		authority; power; right	to weigh; weight; measure
trad. (權衡)		權	衡
simp. (权衡)		权	衡
alternative forms		銓衡／铨衡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánhéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koân-hêng / koân-hn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánhéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánhéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-hêng²
    • Yale: chywán-héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanherng
    • Palladius: цюаньхэн (cjuanʹxɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ hang⁴
    • Yale: kyùhn hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanheeng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kuan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-hn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-hn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanhngg
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

權衡

1. to weigh; to balance

Synonyms

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• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味 / 寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思 / 寻思 (xúnsi)
• 忖度 (cǔnduó)
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (sī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 思忖 (sīcǔn)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮 / 思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維 / 思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 揣摸 (chuǎimō)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧 / 照顾 (zhàogù)
• 熟慮 / 熟虑 (shúlǜ) (literary)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算度 (syun³ dok⁶) (Cantonese)
• 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 考量 (kǎoliáng)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想 / 着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 衡量 (héngliáng)
• 計算 / 计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較 / 计较 (jìjiào)
• 設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全 / 顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及 / 顾及 (gùjí)

Derived terms

• 權衡輕重 / 权衡轻重

Noun

權衡

1. sliding weight and weighing rod; tools for weighing things
2. (literary) power; authority