Verblook somebody up and down; size up

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 打量.
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Character Breakdown

打量 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 打量 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 打量 with other words naturally.
Verb + Objectwith对方
liáng
duì
fāng
neutral
size up the other person
Idiomwith上下
shàng
xià
liáng
neutral
look up and down
Verb + Complementwith一番
liáng
fān
neutral
give a once-over
Adverb + Verbwith仔细
zǎi
liáng
neutral
look over carefully

Example Sentences with 打量

liàng
He looks at me.
dòng
shēng
liang
zhe
huì
shì
de
měi
rén
zài
píng
zhe
shén
me
He sized up everyone in the meeting room without showing any expression, as if evaluating something.
wèi
shén
me
yòng
zhǒng
huái怀
de
yǎn
guāng
liang
kàn
lái
hěn
guài
ma
Why are you looking at me with such a suspicious gaze? Do I look strange?
liàng
le
zhè
jiàn
Mom carefully examined this piece of clothing.
bìng
méi
yǒu
liang
duì
fāng
zhǐ
shì
jīng
jiān
sǎo
le
yǎn
She didn't deliberately size up the other person, she just glanced at them inadvertently.
zǒu
jìn
dǒng
diàn
hòu
ráo
yǒu
xìng
zhì
liang
zhe
xiē
chén
liè
de
After entering the antique shop, he sized up the displayed porcelain with great interest.
miàn
shì
guān
cóng
tóu
dào
jiǎo
liàng
le
yìng
pìn
zhě
fān
The interviewer sized up the candidate from head to toe.
biān
liang
zhe
xīn
jiā
de
biān
zài
nǎo
hǎi
zhōng
gòu
zhe
zhuāng
xiū
fāng
àn
While sizing up the layout of the new home, he was also conceiving renovation plans in his mind.