量

liàng

noun HSK 4 #3,230

Meanings

1 quantity; amount; volume
2 capacity; tolerance
3 to measure (pronounced liáng)

Characters

liàng / liáng

quantity; to measure

Examples

质量比数量更重要。

Zhìliàng bǐ shùliàng gèng zhòngyào.

Quality is more important than quantity.

他的酒量很大。

Tā de jiǔliàng hěn dà.

He can hold his liquor well.

量一下体温。

Liáng yíxià tǐwēn.

Take your temperature.

Tips

usage

量 has two pronunciations: liàng (quantity) in 数量, 质量, 力量, 尽量; and liáng (to measure) in 量体温, 测量. 质量 means both 'quality' and 'mass' (physics).

Stroke Order

量 liàng