量化

liànghuà

verb HSK 7-9 #34,014

Meanings

1 to quantify
2 to quantize; quantization

Characters

quantity; amount

Examples

HSK 6

我们需要把目标量化，才能衡量进展。

Wǒmen xūyào bǎ mùbiāo liànghuà, cáinéng héngliáng jìnzhǎn.

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

HSK 7-9

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