测 cè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
测定
cèdìng
to determine; to measure
Characters in this word
定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 实验室将测定样本中的重金属含量，并出具正式报告。 Shíyànshì jiāng cèdìng yàngběn zhōng de zhòngjīnshǔ hánliàng, bìng chūjù zhèngshì bàogào. The laboratory will determine the heavy metal content in the sample and issue an official report.
- 医生用仪器测定了他的血压。 Yīshēng yòng yíqì cèdìng le tā de xuèyā. The doctor measured his blood pressure with an instrument.
- 老师让学生测定一下水的温度。 Lǎoshī ràng xuésheng cèdìng yíxià shuǐ de wēndù. The teacher asked the students to measure the temperature of the water.
Related words
- 测 cè to measure
- 测量 cèliáng to measure
- 测试 cèshì test
- 检测 jiǎncè test; to test
- 预测 yùcè to predict
- 猜测 cāicè to guess; to suppose
- 监测 jiāncè to monitor
- 推测 tuīcè to speculate, to guess
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
- 测算 cèsuàn to estimate; to calculate
- 测验 cèyàn test; quiz; to test
- 揣测 chuǎicè to conjecture; to speculate