權衡

Chinese

		authority; power; right	to weigh; weight; measure
trad. (權衡)		權	衡
simp. (权衡)		权	衡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánhéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koân-hêng / koân-hn̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánhéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánhéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-hêng²
    • Yale: chywán-héng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanherng
    • Palladius: цюаньхэн (cjuanʹxɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ xɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ hang⁴
    • Yale: kyùhn hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanheeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan²³⁻³³ hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan²⁴⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³⁻²² hiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-hn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-hn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanhngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan²⁴⁻²² hŋ̍²⁴/

Verb

權衡

1. to weigh; to balance

Synonyms

• 衡量 (héngliáng)

Derived terms

• 權衡輕重／权衡轻重

 

Noun

權衡

1. sliding weight and weighing rod; tools for weighing things
2. (literary) power; authority