思量

Chinese

		to think; to consider	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (思量)		思	量

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sīliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄌㄧㄤˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сылён (sɨli͡on, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ loeng⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆-luòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): so¹ nieo² / so¹ niu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-niû / sir-niû / su-niô͘ / su-liông / sir-liông / su-liōng / su-liāng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sīliáng → sīliang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄌㄧㄤˊ → ㄙ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sihliång
  - Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-liang⁵
  - Yale: sz̄-lyang
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy.liang
  - Palladius: сылян (syljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сылён (sɨli͡on, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²⁴ liɑŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ loeng⁴
  - Yale: sī lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆-luòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵ l̃uoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so¹ nieo² [Phonetic: so⁵ nieo²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo-ná̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁵³³⁻¹¹ nieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: so¹ niu² [Phonetic: so⁵ niu²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬo⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ niu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-niû
  - Tâi-lô: su-niû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suniuu
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-niû
  - Tâi-lô: sir-niû
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ niũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-niô͘
  - Tâi-lô: su-niôo
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liông
  - Tâi-lô: su-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sulioong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-liông
  - Tâi-lô: sir-liông
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: su-liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suliong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liāng
  - Tâi-lô: su-liāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suliang
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ³³/

Verb

思量

to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind; to speculate
(literary) to miss; to long for

Synonyms

(to reckon):

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冥思 (míngsī)
冥想 (míngxiǎng)
品味 (pǐnwèi)
尋味 / 寻味 (xúnwèi)
尋思 / 寻思
忖度 (cǔnduó)
念 (niàn)
思 (literary, or in compounds)
思忖 (sīcǔn)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
思慮 / 思虑 (sīlǜ)
思索 (sīsuǒ)
思維 / 思维 (sīwéi)
思考 (sīkǎo)
思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
慎思 (shènsī)
掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
推敲 (tuīqiāo)
掂量 (diānliáng)
揣摩 (chuǎimó)
斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
權衡 / 权衡 (quánhéng)
沉思 (chénsī)
深思 (shēnsī)
照顧 / 照顾 (zhàogù)
玩味 (wánwèi)
玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
琢磨 (zuómo)
算度 (syun³ dok⁶) (Cantonese)
算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
考量 (kǎoliáng)
苦思 (kǔsī)
著想 / 着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
衡量 (héngliáng)
計算 / 计算 (jìsuàn)
計較 / 计较
設想 / 设想 (shèxiǎng)
顧全 / 顾全 (gùquán)
顧及 / 顾及 (gùjí)

(to miss):

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念想 (niànxiǎng)
思 (literary, or in compounds)
思念 (sīniàn)
思慕 (sīmù)
想念 (xiǎngniàn)
感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
憶著 / 忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
懷 / 怀 (huái) (literary)
懷念 / 怀念 (huáiniàn)
懷想 / 怀想 (huáixiǎng)
相思 (xiāngsī)
眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
眷戀 / 眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

Derived terms

心口思量
毫不思量
沒做思量處 / 没做思量处
費思量 / 费思量

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (思量):

→ Japanese: 思(し)量(りょう) (shiryō)

Other:

→ Middle Korean: ᄉᆞ라ᇰ (solang)
- Korean: 사랑 (sarang, “love”)

References

“思量”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “思量”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 501.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思	量
し Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

/sirjau/ → /ɕirjɔː/ → /ɕirjoː/

From Middle Chinese 思量 (MC si|siH ljang|ljangH). First attested in Japanese in a text from 903.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しりょー [shìryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

思(し)量(りょう) • (shiryō) ^{←しりやう (siryau)^?}

[from 903] consideration, deliberation, thought about something

Verb

思(し)量(りょう)する • (shiryō suru) ^{←しりやう (siryau)^?}transitive suru (stem 思(し)量(りょう)し (shiryō shi), past 思(し)量(りょう)した (shiryō shita))

[from 903] to consider, to deliberate, to think (about something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "思量する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	思量し	しりょうし	shiryō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	思量し	しりょうし	shiryō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	思量する	しりょうする	shiryō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	思量する	しりょうする	shiryō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	思量すれ	しりょうすれ	shiryō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	思量せよ¹ 思量しろ²	しりょうせよ¹ しりょうしろ²	shiryō seyo¹ shiryō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	思量される	しりょうされる	shiryō sareru
Causative	思量させる思量さす	しりょうさせるしりょうさす	shiryō saseru shiryō sasu
Potential	思量できる	しりょうできる	shiryō dekiru
Volitional	思量しよう	しりょうしよう	shiryō shiyō
Negative	思量しない	しりょうしない	shiryō shinai
Negative continuative	思量せず	しりょうせず	shiryō sezu
Formal	思量します	しりょうします	shiryō shimasu
Perfective	思量した	しりょうした	shiryō shita
Conjunctive	思量して	しりょうして	shiryō shite
Hypothetical conditional	思量すれば	しりょうすれば	shiryō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ “思量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“思量”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
“思量”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[KDJ2-1] “思量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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