掂掇

Chinese

		weigh in the hand	pick up
simp. and trad. (掂掇)		掂	掇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānduo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānduo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dianduo̊
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-to⁵
    • Yale: dyān-dwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian.duo
    • Palladius: дяньдо (djanʹdo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ d̥u̯ɔ²/

Verb

掂掇

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

Synonyms

• (to weigh in the hand): 掂 (diān), 掂量 (diānliáng)
• (to think over):

• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思／寻思
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 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)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 琢磨 (zuómo)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)