HSK 6 · Verbs

权衡 quánhéng “to weigh up” in Chinese

Traditional 權衡

What 权衡 means

  1. to weigh up
  2. to balance
  3. to consider
  4. to weigh (a matter)
  5. to balance (pros and cons)

How to say 权衡

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale权quán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale衡héng2nd tone, rising

权衡 in a sentence

  1. 他权衡了很久，最后决定留下。

    Tā quánhéng le hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu juédìng liúxià.

    He weighed it up for a long time and finally decided to stay.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 做决定之前要权衡利弊。

    Zuò juédìng zhīqián yào quánhéng lìbì.

    Before deciding, weigh up the pros and cons.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 权衡 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 权 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
权quánauthority
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 雚 (guàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with quán.

The character 衡 (héng) with each of its parts in a different colour
衡héngto weigh
  • 行walk · xíng
  • 角horn · jiǎo
  • 大big · dà

How to write 权衡

权 6 strokes · 衡 16 strokes

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

Words related to 权衡

Words with 权

权力quánlì · power权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)权威quánwēi · authority政权zhèngquán · political power主权zhǔquán · sovereignty

Words with 衡

平衡pínghéng · balance

More words: Thinking & Talking

评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively确信quèxìn · to be convinced区分qūfēn · to distinguish嚷rǎng · to shout让步ràngbù · to concede

FAQs

权衡 (quánhéng) means “to weigh up” or “to balance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quánhéng: quán with a 2nd tone, then héng 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, 权衡 is written 權衡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quanheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 权衡 from the suggestions. Typing quanheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
权衡 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.