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权衡

quán héng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 權衡

权衡 (quán héng) means "to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 权衡 means

1. to consider
2. to weigh (a matter)
3. to balance (pros and cons)

The characters in 权衡

• 权quánauthority; power; right
• 衡héngto weigh; weight; measure

Words starting with 权衡

• 权衡利弊quán héng lì bìto weigh the pros and cons (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read quán héng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铨衡to measure and select talents

Where 权衡 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiū–qǔ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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