節量

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (節量)		節	量
simp. (节量)		节	量

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chat-liōng / chat-liāng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsat-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zatliong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat-liāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsat-liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zatliang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²⁻⁵ liaŋ²²/

Noun

節量

1. (Hokkien) restriction; control (of amount)

   伊食物件計計有節量。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊食物件计计有节量。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I chia̍h mi̍h-kiāⁿ kè-kè ū chat-liōng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He eats all things with restrictions.

Synonyms

• 底線／底线 (dǐxiàn) (figurative)
• 界限 (jièxiàn) (figurative)
• 節限／节限 (jiéxiàn) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (formal, or in compounds)
• 限制 (xiànzhì)
• 限度 (xiàndù)
• 雷池 (léichí) (figurative)