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
测算
cèsuàn
to estimate; to calculate
Characters in this word
算 suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 财务部门正在测算新政策对年度利润的潜在影响。 Cáiwù bùmén zhèngzài cèsuàn xīn zhèngcè duì niándù lìrùn de qiánzài yǐngxiǎng. The finance department is calculating the potential impact of the new policy on annual profits.
- 我们先测算一下旅行需要多少钱。 Wǒmen xiān cèsuàn yíxià lǚxíng xūyào duōshao qián. Let's first work out how much money the trip will need.
- 工程师正在测算这座桥能承受多大的重量。 Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài cèsuàn zhè zuò qiáo néng chéngshòu duō dà de zhòngliàng. The engineer is calculating how much weight this bridge can bear.
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
- 测定 cèdìng to determine; to measure
- 测验 cèyàn test; quiz; to test
- 揣测 chuǎicè to conjecture; to speculate