量化

liànghuà

verb #34,014

Meanings

1 to quantify
2 to quantize; quantization

Characters

quantity; amount

Examples

我们需要把目标量化，才能衡量进展。

Wǒmen xūyào bǎ mùbiāo liànghuà, cái néng héngliáng jìnzhǎn.

We need to quantify our goals before we can measure progress.

数字音频会经过量化处理。

Shùzì yīnpín huì jīngguò liànghuà chǔlǐ.

Digital audio undergoes quantization processing.

Tips

usage

量 here is read liàng (4th tone, 'amount') — not liáng (2nd tone, 'to measure'). The 化 suffix means 'to turn into' (cf. 现代化 modernize, 数字化 digitize), so 量化 = 'turn into a quantity'.

Stroke Order

量 liàng

化 huà