HSK 6 · Verbs

打量 dǎliang “to size up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 打量 means

  1. to size up
  2. to look up and down
  3. to size sb up
  4. to look sb up and down
  5. to take the measure of
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to suppose
  • to reckon

How to say 打量

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale打dǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own量liangneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

打量 in a sentence

  1. 他把我从头到脚打量了一番。

    Tā bǎ wǒ cóngtóudàojiǎo dǎliang le yì fān.

    He looked me up and down.

    Sentence #1941868 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 打量 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 打 (dǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
打dǎto hit; to strike
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

Memory aidA hand 扌 striking a nail 丁: to hit. It is now used for many actions, such as 打电话 (dǎ diànhuà) “to phone”.

The character 量 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
量liángto measurelight in 打量
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part
  • 里village · lǐMeaning part

里 hints at the meaning (village); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with liang.

How to write 打量

打 5 strokes · 量 12 strokes

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打量 (dǎliang) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 打量 (dǎliang). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 打量

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diànhuà · to make a phone call打dǎ · to hit打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)打开dǎkāi · to open打篮球dǎlánqiú · to play basketball打扫dǎsǎo · to clean打算dǎsuàn · to plan打扮dǎban · to decorate打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)

Words with 量

商量shāngliang · to consult数量shùliàng · amount质量zhìliàng · quality力量lìliang · power重量zhòngliàng · weight尽量jǐnliàng · as much as possible较量jiàoliàng · contest测量cèliáng · to measure能量néngliàng · energy分量fènliàng · weight

More words: Common Verbs

带领dàilǐng · to lead怠慢dàimàn · to neglect (a guest)打击dǎjī · to strike打架dǎjià · to fight捣乱dǎoluàn · to make trouble搭配dāpèi · to match瞪dèng · to stare蹬dēng · to push down with the foot

FAQs

打量 (dǎliang) means “to size up” or “to look up and down”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎliang: dǎ with a 3rd tone, then liang with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 打量 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 打量 from the suggestions. Typing daliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
打量 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.