衡量

héngliáng

verb HSK 6 #8,979

Meanings

To weigh and measure - to evaluate carefully.

HSK 2

不能只用成绩来衡量一个学生。

Bùnéng zhǐyòng chéngjì lái héngliáng yīgè xuéshēng.

You can't judge a student only by their grades.

HSK 3

这个标准很难衡量。

Zhège biāozhǔn hěn nán héngliáng.

This standard is hard to measure.

HSK 7-9

我们需要衡量利弊再做决定。

Wǒmen xūyào héngliáng lìbì zài zuò juédìng.

We need to weigh the pros and cons before deciding.

usage

衡量 is about abstract evaluation and judgment. 用...来衡量 (use...to measure/judge) is a very common pattern.

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