丈量

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 工人正在丈量土地。▶ —
   Workers are measuring the land.
2. 他用脚步丈量了房间。▶ —
   He paced out the room to measure it.

Collocations

Mnemonic

丈 zhàng "a unit of length" + 量 liáng "to measure": to measure out a length, i.e. to survey, to measure (land or length). Korean renders it as "to survey". Used mainly of physically measuring land, area or dimensions (丈量土地 to survey land). 丈 is a length unit (about 3.3 m) and the character in "husband, father-in-law" (丈夫, 丈母). 量 here again means "to measure", read liáng (the same reading as in 估量).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 丈量 mainly measure?

   • land, area, dimensions
   • temperature, humidity
   • time, speed
   • weight, volume