HSK 6 · Science

测量 cèliáng “to measure” in Chinese

Traditional 測量

What 测量 means

  1. to measure
  2. to survey
  3. measurement
  4. to gauge
  5. to determine

How to say 测量

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale测cè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale量liáng2nd tone, rising

测量 in a sentence

  1. 我们测量了这条河的深度。

    Wǒmen cèliáng le zhè tiáo hé de shēndù.

    We measured the depth of the river.

    Sentence #10160409 from Tatoeba

How 测量 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 测 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
测cèto survey
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 则rule · zéSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 则 (zé) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.

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

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

How to write 测量

测 9 strokes · 量 12 strokes

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

Words related to 测量

Words with 测

测验cèyàn · test推测tuīcè · to speculate探测tàncè · to detect

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打量dǎliang · to size up能量néngliàng · energy分量fènliàng · weight

More words: Science & Technology

饱和bǎohé · saturated备份bèifèn · to back up标本biāoběn · specimen操作cāozuò · to operate沉淀chéndiàn · to settle创新chuàngxīn · innovation导弹dǎodàn · guided missile登录dēnglù · to log in

FAQs

测量 (cèliáng) means “to measure” or “to survey”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cèliáng: cè with a 4th tone, then liáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 测量 is written 測量. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type celiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 测量 from the suggestions. Typing celiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
测量 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.