WEIGH    秤量

MEASURE OR ASSESS WEIGHT.
MEASURE THE WEIGHT OFPUT ON THE SCALESHEFT
Old Chinese Criteria
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黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 TRADE 19. 量，測量的通稱。 度，測量長度。 絜，測量圓形物體的周長。 測，測量深度。 揣，測量高度。 權，測量重量，書面語。 稱，測量重量，口語詞。
Modern Chinese Criteria
權衡 衡量 權 銓度 衡情度勢 衡情度理 稱出 量稱 稱重 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • MEASURE　ASSESS CORRECTLY:exactly the SIZE OR QUANTITY of something. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • ASSESS　THINK so as to TRY to OR ACHIEVE to FIX the VALUE OR SIZE of something. (anc: 13/0, child: 3)
  • THINK　ACT USING ONLY the MIND. (anc: 12/0, child: 12)

Words (7 items)

權  quán OC: ɡron MC: giɛn 9 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • viactto be engaged in a general action of weighing
  • viactweigh pros and cons??
  • vtoNdetermine weight of with lever scales; determine situation as with lever scales, gauge properly
  • vtoNfigurativeweigh (abstractly, objects like profit or harm etc), evaluate
稱  chēng OC: thjɯŋ MC: tɕhɨŋ 3 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 量/ASSESS Liáng 量 refers very often literally to measuring physical dimensions of any kind, but can also be used figuratively to mean "fathom, imagine fully the size of something". [LITERAL!]

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)weigh the contextually determinate thing N
  • vtoNweigh
  • vtoN1.post-VtoN2compare the weight of N2 with N1DS
權衡  quán héng OC: ɡron ɢraaŋ MC: giɛn ɦɣaŋ 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPabactweighing things and actions judiciously according to public objective standards
銓衡  quán héng MC: tshjwen haeng OC: skhon ɢraaŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNfigurativeliterary: weigh carefully the aesthetic function ofCH
準  zhǔn OC: kljunʔ MC: tɕʷin 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNcalibrate, assign proper weight
衡  héng OC: ɢraaŋ MC: ɦɣaŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNto weigh
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    Syntactic words
  • vtoNfigurativeliterary: weigh carefully the aesthetic function ofCH