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Translation

liáng = li + ang2: to measure

Mnemonic

Li Qingzhao (li) uses a measuring cup (量) for a recipe in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). Unfortunately she made a terrible mistake: instead of measuring cups (旦) of sunflowers (里), she throws sunflowers and cups together into a measuring cup.

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All translations for 量

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capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
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量 character breakdown

dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
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lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
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li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
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Characters with 量 as component

grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain
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Words with 量

as much as possible / to the greatest extent
see 分量[fen4 liang5]
to estimate / to assess
remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)
not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities
inestimable / incalculable / beyond measure
volume of use / usage amount
to measure / measurement
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
principal normal vector (to a space curve)
middleweight (boxing etc)
magnitude of value / labor value (in economics, the labor inherent in a commodity)
invariant quantity / invariant (math.)
to overestimate one's capabilities

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