考量

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (考量)		考	量

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎoliáng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² loeng⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kor³ lyorng⁵ / kor³ lyoeng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó-liāng / khó-liōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎoliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎoliáng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻao³-liang²
  - Yale: kǎu-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaoliang
  - Palladius: каолян (kaoljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau² loeng⁴
  - Yale: háau lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau² loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao² lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ lyorng⁵ [Phonetic: kor² lyorng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kô̤-liō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ lyɒŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kor³ lyoeng⁵ [Phonetic: kor² lyoeng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɒ³³²⁻²⁴ lyøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-liāng / khó-liōng
  - Tâi-lô: khó-liāng / khó-liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoyliang, qoyliong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ²²/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liaŋ⁴¹/, /kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ²²/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ³³/, /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ³³/, /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ³³/

Verb

考量

to give serious consideration to; to deliberate

Synonyms

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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)
思量 (sīliáng)
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)
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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
考	量
こう Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーりょー [kòóryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

考(こう)量(りょう) • (kōryō) ^{←かうりやう (kauryau)^?}

consideration; deliberation

Verb

考(こう)量(りょう)する • (kōryō suru) ^{←かうりやう (kauryau)^?}suru (stem 考(こう)量(りょう)し (kōryō shi), past 考(こう)量(りょう)した (kōryō shita))

to considerate; to deliberate

Inflection

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “考量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

“考量”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
考	量

Noun

考量 • (goryang) (hangeul 고량)

hanja form^? of 고량

[SMK7-1] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[NKD2-3] “考量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

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