掂量

Chinese edit

		weigh in the hand	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (掂量)		掂	量

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diānliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dim¹ loeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānliáng → diānliang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄌㄧㄤˊ → ㄉㄧㄢ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dianliång
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-liang⁵
  - Yale: dyān-lyang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian.liang
  - Palladius: дяньлян (djanʹljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dim¹ loeng⁶
  - Yale: dīm leuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dim¹ loeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dim¹ lêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm⁵⁵ lœːŋ²²/

Verb edit

掂量

to weigh in the hand
to think over; to weigh up; to deliberate; to ponder; to consider

Synonyms edit

(to weigh in the hand): 掂 (diān), (colloquial) 掂掇 (diānduo)
(to think over):

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