权衡 (quánhéng) — to weigh; to balance

Characters in this word

Strokes: 6
Radical: 木 — tree
Made of: 木 tree 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

在预算有限的情况下，市政府必须权衡短期就业和长期环保之间的关系。 Zài yùsuàn yǒuxiàn de qíngkuàng xià, shìzhèngfǔ bìxū quánhéng duǎnqī jiùyè hé chángqī huánbǎo zhī jiān de guānxì. With a limited budget, the municipal government must weigh the relationship between short-term employment and long-term environmental protection.
买房子之前，我们权衡了很久，最后选择了郊区。 Mǎi fángzi zhīqián, wǒmen quánhéng le hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu xuǎnzé le jiāoqū. Before buying an apartment, we weighed it over for a long time and finally chose the suburbs.
面对两个工作机会，他权衡利弊后做了决定。 Miànduì liǎng gè gōngzuò jīhuì, tā quánhéng lìbì hòu zuò le juédìng. Facing two job offers, he weighed the pros and cons before making a decision.