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衡量

héng liáng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

衡量 (héng liáng) means "to weigh; to examine; to consider". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 衡量 means

1. to weigh
2. to examine
3. to consider

The characters in 衡量

• 衡héngto weigh; weight; measure
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

Example sentences

• 她认为幸福与健康才是衡量成功的标准。
  She thinks that happiness and health should be the benchmarks for success.

Words starting with 衡量

• 衡量制héng liang zhìsystem of weights and measures

Sounds the same

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

• 横梁beam
• 桁梁brace girder

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