量 (liàng): capacity, quantity, amount
量 (liàng) is a Chinese character meaning “capacity.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 旦 (phonetic) and 里 (semantic). It ranks #241 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 量 unit. Its radical form 里 (village) appears in many related characters such as 里 (lǐ, lining), 重 (chóng, to repeat), 野 (yě, field).
Definitions
- capacity
- quantity
- amount
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 量
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 力量noun | lì liang | power | 5 |
| 尽量adverb | jǐn liàng | as much as possible | 5 |
| 能量noun | néng liàng | energy | 6 |
| 大量adjective | dà liàng | great amount | 4 |
| 商量verb | shāng liang | to consult | 4 |
| 数量noun | shù liàng | amount | 4 |
| 质量noun | zhì liàng | (physics) mass | 4 |
| 重量noun | zhòng liàng | weight | 5 |
| 含量noun | hán liàng | content | 5 |
| 测量verb | cè liáng | survey | 6 |
| 热量noun | rè liàng | heat | 5 |
| 衡量verb | héng liáng | to weigh | 6 |
| 销量noun | xiāo liàng | sales volume | 5 |
| 音量noun | yīn liàng | loudness | 5 |
| 少量adjective | shǎo liàng | a smidgen | 4 |
| 容量noun | róng liàng | capacity | 6 |
| 流量noun | liú liàng | flow rate | 6 |
| 产量noun | chǎn liàng | output | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过量 | guò liàng | excessive |
| 剂量 | jì liàng | dosage |
| 胆量 | dǎn liàng | courage |
| 较量 | jiào liàng | to pit oneself against sb |
| 量子 | liàng zǐ | quantum |
| 分量 | fēn liàng | (vector) component |
| 变量 | biàn liàng | variable (math.) |
| 微量 | wēi liàng | a smidgen |
| 打量 | dǎ liang | to size sb up |
| 量级 | liàng jí | order of magnitude |
| 酒量 | jiǔ liàng | capacity for liquor |
| 用量 | yòng liàng | quantity used |
| 份量 | fèn liang | variant of 分量[fen4 liang5] |
量 appears in 100 compound words: 23 as the first character, 77 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 量 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
Alternative name for 特徵向量／特征向量 (tèzhēng xiàngliàng, “eigenvector”).
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
Alternative name for 特徵向量／特征向量 (tèzhēng xiàngliàng, “eigenvector”).
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
Example Sentences
请量一下这件衣服的长度，看是否合适。
Qǐng liáng yīxià zhè jiàn yīfu de chángdù, kàn shìfǒu héshì.
Please measure the length of this garment to see if it fits.
...抵达!外滩、南京路、豫园......客流量..
. . . dǐ dá ! wài tān nán jīng lù yù yuán . . . . . . kè liú liáng . .
... Arrival! The Bund, Nanjing Road, Yuyuan Garden ...... Passenger flow ...
不只是相信“相信的力量”——速滑团体追逐夺牌的背后
bù zhī shì xiāng xìn xiāng xìn de lì liáng sù huá tuán tī zhuī zhú duó pái de bēi hòu
More than just believing in the 'power of believing' - behind speed skating's medal-winning team pursuit
大年初一全社会跨区域人员流动量超2.1亿人次 全国..
dà nián chū yī quán shè huì kuà ōu yù rén yuán liú dòng liáng chāo . yì rén cì quán guó . .
The first day of the Lunar New Year saw more than 210 million inter-regional movements of people across the country...
年初二全国高速公路流量快速回升,午后车流持续保持高..
nián chū èr quán guó gāo sù gōng lù liú liáng kuài sù huí shēng , wǔ hòu chē liú chí xù bǎo chí gāo . .
The second day of the year the national highway traffic quickly rebounded, the afternoon traffic continued to remain high....
...站总台春晚直播弹幕数达1.33亿,发送数量排名前..
. . . zhàn zǒng tái chūn wǎn zhí bō dàn mù shǔ dá . yì , fā sòng shǔ liáng pái míng qián . .
... The number of live pop-ups on the station's Spring Festival Gala reached 133 million, and the number of sends ranked in the top...
收音机太响了。你不能把音量调低一点吗？
Shōuyīnjī tài xiǎng le. Nǐ bù néng bǎ yīnliàng tiáo dī yīdiǎn ma?
The radio is too loud. Can't you turn it down a little?
请您能不能尽量慢点说？
Qǐng nín néng bù néng jǐnliàng màn diǎn shuō?
Please speak as slowly as possible.
您能估计一下数量吗？
Nín néng gūjì yīxià shùliàng ma?
Could you give me a ball-park figure?
我能把电视音量关小一点吗？
Wǒ néng bǎ diànshì yīnliàng guān xiǎo yīdiǎn ma?
May I turn down the TV?
Character Family
里 Radical Family — Characters sharing the village radical
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