MEASURE 計量
ASSESS CORRECTLY:exactly the SIZE OR QUANTITY of something.
Old Chinese Criteria
黄金貴:古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
Modern Chinese Criteria
Hyponym
- WEIGH MEASURE OR ASSESS WEIGHT. (anc: 15/0, child: 0)
See also
- AREA MEASURESSTANDARDS USING which one MEASURES the SIZE of a PLACE.
Hypernym
MEASURE
metiri refers to measuring a space or a spatial object in order to know its size.
metari is to mark the boundaries of the space that has been measured so that these may be known to others.
Words (12 items)
鍾 zhōng OC: tjoŋ MC: tɕi̯oŋ 4 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- npost-Nzhong: measure for grain (amount that fills a zhong-vessel)
量 liàng OC: ɡ-raŋs MC: li̯ɐŋ 3 Attributions
- Word relations
- Object: 能/ABLE
The commonest word is néng 能 "have an inherent capacity for, have the personal ability to". CURRENT, ENDOGENIC, GRADED, INHERENT, LASTING - Object: 力/STRONG
The typically nominal or adverbial lì 力 commonly refers to a permanent property of strength.. - Contrast: 測/ESTIMATE
Cè 測can be a well-founded assessment in some contexts, but the word has a well-established lexicalised function where it means generally "to guess". - Synon: 程/MEASURE
- Syntactic words
- nabfigurativedimensionCH
- nabmetaphysicalstandard measure
度 duó MC: dak OC: ɡ-laaɡ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabdeverbalmeasuringDS
- vtoNmeasure (the size of)CH
寸尺 cùn chǐ MC: tshwonH tsyhek OC: tshuuns thjaɡ 2 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabfigurativemeasure units > standards of measurement > norms in generalLZ
丈尺 zhàng chǐ OC: daŋʔ thjaɡ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ tɕhiɛk 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabmethodmeasures
揳 xiè MC: set OC: -- 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNobject=feature(= xié 絜) measureLZ
尋丈 xún zhàng MC: zim drjangX OC: ljum daŋʔ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- NPabfigurativemeasure units > standards of measurement > norms in generalLZ
理 lǐ MC: liX OC: ɡ-rɯʔ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNmeasure (XUN; possibly loan for 里)LZ
經 jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vtoNmeasure up properly as in the preparation of an architecural activity
權量 quán liàng OC: ɡron ɡ-raŋs MC: giɛn li̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPstandard measures of weight and length
稱量 chèng liàng OC: thjɯŋs ɡ-raŋs MC: tɕhɨŋ li̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- NPabmethodweights and measures
程 chéng OC: deŋ MC: ɖiɛŋ 0 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: measureJZ 8.4, Liu Hui's comm: 物程之數不限多少 "As for the number of measured quantities attached to things on the counting surface, there is no limit to it." (i.e. the method remains the same, no matter how many rows of numbers it is made to operate on)."
- vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: measureJZ 8.1: 二物者再程 "in the case of two kinds of items one measures twice".