測 (cak1) — conjecture; speculate; guess in Cantonese
cakˉ¹測简 测
Mandarin Pinyin: ce4
Meaning of 測
nounconjecture; speculate; guess
nounmeasure; survey; fathom
Example Sentences with 測
taam˗₃探cakˉ¹測hei˗₃器waaiˍ₆壞zoˊ²咗。
The detector is broken.
taam˗₃探cakˉ¹測hei˗₃器mouˏ₅冇faanˊ²反jing˗₃應。
The detector isn't responding.
taam˗₃探cakˉ¹測hei˗₃器waaiˍ₆壞zoˊ²咗dimˊ²點syun˗₃算？
What to do if the detector breaks?
taam˗₃探cakˉ¹測hei˗₃器houˊ²好lingˎ₄靈manˏ₅敏。
The detector is very sensitive.
taam˗₃探cakˉ¹測hei˗₃器jauˏ₅有sanˉ¹新faat˗₃發jinˍ₆現。
The detector has a new finding.
Words Containing 測
叵測po2 cak1
unfathomable, unpredictable
民意測驗man4 ji3 cak1 jim6
opinion poll
光檢測器gwong1 gim2 cak1 hei3
optical detector
觀測衛星gun1 cak1 wai6 sing1
observation satellite
病情預測beng6 cing4 jyu6 cak1
prognosis
三角測量saam1 gok3 caak1 loeng4
triangular surveying; triangulation
測量cak1 loeng4
survey
測定時間cak1 ding6 si4 gaan3
to clock (lit., "evaluate the time")
測定cak1 ding6
to survey and evaluate
測試cak1 si3
trial; test; beta (software)
天有不測風雲tin1 jau5 bat1 cak1 fung1 wan4
life is unpredictible; sometimes life throws unexpected curveballs at you;
探測字taam3 caak1 zi6
probe (character)
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