Definition
打量 has two distinct meanings. The first, 'to size someone up', is unique. The second, 'to suppose/reckon', is a colloquial guess based on observation — it's more casual than 估计 (gūjì 'estimate') and not used for formal hypotheticals like 假设 (jiǎshè 'assume').
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)
Easily confused
- 大量dà liàngsound-alikelarge in amount or number; a large quantity of
Examples
- 打量，。Tā zhàn zài ménkǒu dǎ liang le wǒ yì yǎn, shénme yě méi shuō.She stood at the door and sized me up with one glance, then said nothing.
- 打量，。Wǒ dǎ liang tā jīntiān bú huì lái le, yīnwèi wàimiàn xià zhe dà yǔ.I reckon he won't come today because it's pouring outside.
- 打量，。Bié zǒng dǎ liang biérén, nàyàng bú tài lǐmào.Don't keep sizing people up – that's not very polite.
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