打量 (dǎ liang) — to size someone up, to look someone up and down (assessing appearance or demeanor); to suppose, to reckon (used in spoken Chinese to express a guess or assumption)
Definition
打量 has two distinct uses: as a verb of visual assessment (sizing someone up, looking them over), and in spoken Chinese as 'I reckon / I suppose' — a casual guess, lighter than the written 假设 and less numerical than 估计.
verb
to size someone upto look someone up and down (assessing appearance or demeanor)to supposeto reckon (used in spoken Chinese to express a guess or assumption)
Examples
- 打量，。Tā zhàn zài mén kǒu dǎ liang le wǒ yì yǎn, shén me yě méi shuō.She stood at the door and sized me up with one glance, then said nothing.
- 打量，。Wǒ dǎ liang tā jīn tiān bú huì lái le, yīn wèi wài miàn xià zhe dà yǔ.I reckon he won't come today because it's pouring outside.
- 打量，。Bié zǒng dǎ liang bié rén, nà yàng bú tài lǐ mào.Don't keep sizing people up – that's not very polite.
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