jiào liàng

Traditional: 較量

HSK 7–9

较量 (jiào liàng) is a Chinese word meaning “to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pit oneself against sb
  2. 2to compete with sb
  3. 3contest
  4. 4battle
  5. 5to haggle
  6. 6to quibble
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 较量

较jiào · (bound form) to compare量liáng · to measure

Related words

比较to compare力量power; force; strength尽量as much as possible尽量as much as possible能量energy大量great amount商量to consult量to measure量capacity数量amount; quantity较(bound form) to compare质量(physics) mass

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