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HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. to survey
  2. 2. to measure
  3. 3. to conjecture

Words Containing 测

大学学科能力测验
dà xué xué kē néng lì cè yàn

General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)

三角测量法
sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎ

triangulation (surveying)

巡测仪
xún cè yí

survey meter

全球位置测定系统
quán qiú wèi zhì cè dìng xì tǒng

GPS (Global Positioning System)

推测
tuī cè

speculation

测温
cè wēn

to measure temperature

以备不测
yǐ bèi bù cè

to be prepared for accidents

实测
shí cè

to take measurements

颅测量
lú cè liáng

craniometry

臆测
yì cè

to speculate

测绘
cè huì

to survey and draw

内测
nèi cè

(software development) to do closed beta (or internal beta) testing

屡遭不测
lǚ zāo bù cè

beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)

测试器
cè shì qì

testing apparatus

普通话水平测试
pǔ tōng huà shuǐ píng cè shì

Putonghua Proficiency Test, an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese for native speakers of Chinese languages, developed in the PRC in 1994

测报
cè bào

to estimate and report

神秘莫测
shén mì mò cè

mystery

测度
cè duó

to estimate

心怀叵测
xīn huái pǒ cè

see 居心叵測|居心叵测[jū xīn pǒ cè]

步测
bù cè

pacing

检测器
jiǎn cè qì

detector

观测台
guān cè tái

observatory

深不可测
shēn bù kě cè

deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths

预测
yù cè

to forecast

随堂测验
suí táng cè yàn

quiz (student assessment)

测锤
cè chuí

bob of plumb line

估测
gū cè

estimate

人心难测
rén xīn nán cè

hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)

探测
tàn cè

to probe; to survey

观测
guān cè

to observe

测深
cè shēn

to sound (sea depth)

半导体探测器
bàn dǎo tǐ tàn cè qì

semiconductor detector

监测
jiān cè

to monitor

测试和材料协会
cè shì hé cái liào xié huì

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

气象观测站
qì xiàng guān cè zhàn

weather station

量测
liáng cè

to measure

探测器
tàn cè qì

detector; probe

不测
bù cè

unexpected

测量工具
cè liáng gōng jù

gauge

体测
tǐ cè

fitness test

测孕
cè yùn

pregnancy testing

空间探测器
kōng jiān tàn cè qì

space probe

放射免疫测定
fàng shè miǎn yì cè dìng

radioimmunoassay

侦测
zhēn cè

to detect

高深莫测
gāo shēn mò cè

profound mystery

测温枪
cè wēn qiāng

temperature gun

测距仪
cè jù yí

distance measuring equipment

测定
cè dìng

to determine (by measuring or surveying)

概测法
gài cè fǎ

rough-and-ready method

揣测
chuǎi cè

to guess

体温检测仪
tǐ wēn jiǎn cè yí

infrared body thermometer

观测卫星
guān cè wèi xīng

observation satellite

目标检测
mù biāo jiǎn cè

object detection (computer vision)

探测字
tàn cè zì

(cognitive psychology) probe letter

检测
jiǎn cè

to detect

生物测定
shēng wù cè dìng

bioassay

测谎仪
cè huǎng yí

lie detector

非词重复测验
fēi cí chóng fù cè yàn

nonword repetition test

测试
cè shì

to test (machinery etc)

目测
mù cè

to estimate visually

测序
cè xù

(DNA etc) sequencing

测地曲率
cè dì qū lǜ

geodesic curvature

民意测验
mín yì cè yàn

opinion poll

测评
cè píng

to test and evaluate

叵测
pǒ cè

unfathomable

测量
cè liáng

survey

测知
cè zhī

to detect

测验
cè yàn

test

酒测
jiǔ cè

to take a breathalyzer test

测控
cè kòng

measurement and control

难测
nán cè

hard to fathom

观测员
guān cè yuán

observer

测心术
cè xīn shù

mind reading

华语文能力测验
huá yǔ wén néng lì cè yàn

TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language)

测径器
cè jìng qì

calipers

测算
cè suàn

to take measurements and calculate

公测
gōng cè

(software development) to do beta testing

大地测量学
dà dì cè liáng xué

geodesy

体育达标测验
tǐ yù dá biāo cè yàn

physical fitness test (for school students etc)

测量船
cè liáng chuán

survey vessel

莫测高深
mò cè gāo shēn

enigmatic

天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment

猜测
cāi cè

to guess

变化莫测
biàn huà mò cè

unpredictable

检测仪
jiǎn cè yí

sensor

智力测验
zhì lì cè yàn

intelligence test

测天
cè tiān

to make astronomical observation

居心叵测
jū xīn pǒ cè

harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)

空间探测
kōng jiān tàn cè

space exploration

完形测验
wán xíng cè yàn

Gestalt test

变幻莫测
biàn huàn mò cè

to change unpredictably

时间测定学
shí jiān cè dìng xué

chronometry

勘测
kān cè

to investigate

测谎器
cè huǎng qì

lie detector

测度
cè dù

measure (math.)

测地线曲率
cè dì xiàn qū lǜ

geodesic curvature

观测者
guān cè zhě

observer

计时测验
jì shí cè yàn

time trial

中国无线电频谱管理和监测
zhōng guó wú xiàn diàn pín pǔ guǎn lǐ hé jiān cè

China state radio regulation committee SRRC

遥测
yáo cè

telemetry

视力测定法
shì lì cè dìng fǎ

optometry

侦测器
zhēn cè qì

detector

光检测器
guāng jiǎn cè qì

optical detector

测地线
cè dì xiàn

geodesic