评测 (píng cè) — to evaluate; to review (a product, system, etc.); evaluation; review (as a noun)

Definition

评测 means 'to review/evaluate' a product or system — the verb covers both running the review and writing it up, while the noun refers to the resulting review article (评测报告). Common in tech-media contexts.

to evaluateto review (a product, system, etc.)evaluationreview (as a noun)

Examples

  • 评测。
    Wǒ men duì zhè kuǎn xīn shǒu jī jìn xíng le xiáng xì de píng cè.
    We conducted a detailed evaluation of this new phone.
  • 评测。
    Hěn duō wǎng zhàn dōu huì píng cè zuì xīn de diàn zǐ shè bèi.
    Many websites evaluate the latest electronic devices.
  • 评测。
    Zhè piān píng cè xiě dé fēi cháng zhuān yè.
    This review is written very professionally.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

评píngevaluate
测cèmeasure

The ideas of 评 'evaluate' and 测 'measure' are joined in parallel to mean 'to evaluate or review'.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 測; 测 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
則
則zé測cè
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 測 combines 氵 (water) with 則 for the sound; it is explained as measuring the depth of water. The simplified 测 is a later shorthand.

Open 测 →

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