# 思量
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sīliáng
       (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сылён (sɨli͡on, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^1$ loeng$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-niû / sir-niû / su-niô͘ / su-liông / sir-liông / su-liōng / su-liāng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sīliáng → sīliang (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄌㄧㄤˊ → ㄙ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sihliång
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^1$-liang$^5$
*** Yale: sz̄-lyang
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy.liang
*** Palladius: сылян (syljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/ → /sz̩⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ²/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сылён (sɨli͡on, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²⁴ liɑŋ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^1$ loeng$^4$
*** Yale: sī lèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^1$ loeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^1$ lêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-niû
*** Tâi-lô: su-niû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suniuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ niũ²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-niû
*** Tâi-lô: sir-niû
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ niũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-niô͘
*** Tâi-lô: su-niôo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² niɔ̃¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liông
*** Tâi-lô: su-liông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sulioong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir-liông
*** Tâi-lô: sir-liông
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liōng
*** Tâi-lô: su-liōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suliong
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-liāng
*** Tâi-lô: su-liāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suliang
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ liaŋ³³/

### Verb

思量
* to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind; to speculate
* (literary) to miss; to long for

#### Synonyms

* (to reckon):
* 冥思 (míngsī)
* 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
* 品味 (pǐnwèi)
* 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
* 尋思／寻思
* 念 (niàn)
* 思 (literary, or in compounds)
* 思想 (sīxiǎng)
* 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
* 思索 (sīsuǒ)
* 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
* 思考 (sīkǎo)
* 思裁 (si$^1$ cai$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 慎思 (shènsī)
* 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
* 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
* 掂量 (diānliáng)
* 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
* 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
* 沉思 (chénsī)
* 深思 (shēnsī)
* 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
* 玩味 (wánwèi)
* 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
* 琢磨 (zuómo)
* 算計／算计 (suànjì)
* 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
* 苦思 (kǔsī)
* 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
* 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
* 計較／计较
* 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
* 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
* 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)
* (to miss):
* 念想 (niànxiǎng)
* 思 (literary, or in compounds)
* 思念 (sīniàn)
* 思慕 (sīmù)
* 想念 (xiǎngniàn)
* 感想 (gǎnxiǎng) (literary)
* 憶著／忆着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 懷／怀 (huái) (literary)
* 懷念／怀念 (huáiniàn)
* 懷想／怀想 (huáixiǎng)
* 相思 (xiāngsī)
* 眷念 (juànniàn) (formal)
* 眷戀／眷恋 (juànliàn) (formal)

#### Derived terms

* 心口思量
* 毫不思量
* 沒做思量處／没做思量处
* 費思量／费思量

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 思(し)量(りょう) (shiryō)
Other:
* → Middle Korean: ᄉᆞ라ᇰ (solang)
** Korean: 사랑 (sarang, “love”)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 思 | 量 |
| し Grade: 2 | りょう Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |

### Etymology

/sirjau/ → /ɕirjɔː/ → /ɕirjoː/
From Middle Chinese 思量 (MC si|siH ljang|ljangH). First attested in Japanese in a text from 903.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しりょー [shìryóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕiɾʲo̞ː]

### Noun

思(し)量(りょう) • (shiryō)
* [from 903] consideration, deliberation, thought about something

### Verb

思(し)量(りょう)する • (shiryō suru) transitive suru (stem 思(し)量(りょう)し (shiryō shi), past 思(し)量(りょう)した (shiryō shita))
* [from 903] to consider, to deliberate, to think (about something)

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 思量し | しりょうし | shiryō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 思量し | しりょうし | shiryō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 思量する | しりょうする | shiryō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 思量する | しりょうする | shiryō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 思量すれ | しりょうすれ | shiryō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 思量せよ¹ 思量しろ² | しりょうせよ¹ しりょうしろ² | shiryō seyo¹ shiryō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 思量される | しりょうされる | shiryō sareru |
| Causative | 思量させる 思量さす | しりょうさせる しりょうさす | shiryō saseru shiryō sasu |
| Potential | 思量できる | しりょうできる | shiryō dekiru |
| Volitional | 思量しよう | しりょうしよう | shiryō shiyō |
| Negative | 思量しない | しりょうしない | shiryō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 思量せず | しりょうせず | shiryō sezu |
| Formal | 思量します | しりょうします | shiryō shimasu |
| Perfective | 思量した | しりょうした | shiryō shita |
| Conjunctive | 思量して | しりょうして | shiryō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 思量すれば | しりょうすれば | shiryō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ “思量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
   * Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
   * Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
   * “思量”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months