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量

liáng · liang/liàng · liang

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Meaning

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liáng 量

  1. to measure

liàng 量

  1. capacity
  2. quantity
  3. amount
  4. to estimate
  5. abbr. for 量詞 / 量词 (liàng cí), classifier (in Chinese grammar)
  6. measure word
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Am I taller?

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，帮(bāng)我(wǒ)量(liáng)一下(yīxià)身高(shēngāo)吧(ba)。

    Liangliang, please measure my height.

  2. Liangliang

    站直(zhànzhí)，别(bié)动(dòng)。我(wǒ)量(liáng)了(le)两次(liǎngcì)，一米七(yīmǐqī)。

    Stand straight, do not move. I measured twice: 1.70 metres.

  3. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)，我(wǒ)长(zhǎng)高(gāo)了(le)！

    Great, I got taller!

  4. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)还(hái)穿着(chuānzhe)鞋(xié)呢(ne)。

    But you are still wearing shoes.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

护(hù)士(shi)用(yòng)温(wēn)度(dù)计(jì)量(liáng)了(le)量(liáng)他(tā)的(de)体(tǐ)温(wēn)。

The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.

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02

请(qǐng)量(liáng)一(yí)下(xià)这(zhè)张(zhāng)桌(zhuō)子(zi)的(de)长(cháng)度(dù)。

Please measure the length of this table.

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