cè liáng
measure; survey; gauge
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估计 (gū jì)
estimate
猜测 (cāi cè)
guess
The Chinese word 测量 (cèliàng) for "measurement" is composed of two characters: 测 (cè) and 量 (liàng). The character 测 originally meant "to guess" or "to estimate", and it is composed of the radical 卜 (bǔ), which represents divination, and the phonetic component 册 (cè). The character 量 originally meant "to weigh" or "to measure", and it is composed of the radical 斗 (dǒu), which represents a measuring container, and the phonetic component 良 (liáng). When combined, the two characters 测 and 量 form the word 测量, which means "to measure" or "to survey".
