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量化

liànghuà

to quantify

A person measures a potted plant with a ruler
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Characters in this word

量 liáng

Strokes
12
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
旦 dawn 里 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

化 huà

Strokes
4
Radical
匕 — spoon, ladle
Made of
亻 man, person 匕 spoon, ladle

Example phrases

  • 如果无法量化政策效果,财政投入的优先级就很难说服公众。 Rúguǒ wúfǎ liànghuà zhèngcè xiàoguǒ, cáizhèng tóurù de yōuxiānjí jiù hěn nán shuōfú gōngzhòng. If policy effects cannot be quantified, it is hard to persuade the public about the priority of fiscal investment.
  • 老师想把学生的进步量化,所以做了一张打分表。 Lǎoshī xiǎng bǎ xuésheng de jìnbù liànghuà, suǒyǐ zuò le yì zhāng dǎfēnbiǎo. The teacher wanted to quantify the students' progress, so she made a scoring sheet.
  • 心情很难量化,你不能用数字说明一个人有多开心。 Xīnqíng hěn nán liànghuà, nǐ bù néng yòng shùzì shuōmíng yí gè rén yǒu duō kāixīn. Mood is hard to quantify; you can't use numbers to show how happy someone is.

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