Chinese symbol for “metric”
度量
dù liàng
measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for metric is 度量 (dù liàng), defined as: measure; tolerance; breadth; magnanimity; (math.) metric.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 度量.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
| 速度 | sù dù | speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 年度 | nián dù | year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “metric”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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