掂

diān
店 + 扌

Definitions

diān to weigh in the hand; to estimate

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 店 represents the sound.

Semantic: 扌 Phonetic: 店

About

The character 掂 is a phonosemantic compound formed by the hand radical 扌 on the left and the phonetic component 店 on the right. The hand radical signals that the character refers to a manual action, and 店 supplies the sound. The word means to lift an object with the hand to gauge its weight, essentially weighing by feel rather than with a scale.

Example Sentences Hide

我掂了掂这个袋子。

Wǒ diān le diān zhège dàizi.

I weighed this bag in my hand.

她轻轻掂了掂那本书。

Tā qīngqīng diān le diān nà běn shū.

She lightly weighed that book in her hand.

妈妈掂了掂西瓜看看熟不熟。

Māma diān le diān xīguā kàn kan shú bù shú.

Mom weighed the watermelon in her hand to see if it was ripe.

他掂量了一下自己的决定。

Tā diānliang le yīxià zìjǐ de juédìng.

He weighed his decision carefully.

你先掂掂这个盒子，然后告诉我重量。

Nǐ xiān diān diān zhège hézi, ránhòu gàosu wǒ zhòngliàng.

First weigh this box in your hand, then tell me the weight.

我掂了掂背包，觉得它不太重。

Wǒ diān le diān bēibāo, juédé tā bù tài zhòng.

I weighed the backpack in my hand and felt it wasn't too heavy.

他仔细掂量了每个选项的利弊。

Tā zǐxì diānliangle měi gè xuǎnxiàng de lìbì.

He carefully weighed the pros and cons of each option.

在做出最终选择之前，你必须掂量所有可能的结果。

Zài zuòchū zuìzhōng xuǎnzé zhīqián, nǐ bìxū diānliang suǒyǒu kěnéng de jiéguǒ.

Before making the final choice, you must weigh all possible outcomes.

Related Characters

Component: 店

惦 踮

Component: 扌

把 提 打 报 接 指 据 拉 持 技 找 推 投 护

Example Words

掂量