衡量

héngliáng

verb HSK 6 #8,979

Meanings

To weigh and measure — to evaluate carefully.

Bù néng zhǐ yòng chéngjì lái héngliáng yī gè xuéshēng.

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

Zhège biāozhǔn hěn nán héngliáng.

This standard is hard to measure.

Wǒmen xūyào héngliáng lìbì zài zuò juédìng.

We need to weigh the pros and cons before deciding.

Xìngfú bù néng yòng jīnqián lái héngliáng.

Happiness can't be measured by money.

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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