用量

Chinese

		to use	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (用量)		用	量

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòngliàng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶ loeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yòngliàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yòngliàng
  - Wade–Giles: yung⁴-liang⁴
  - Yale: yùng-lyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonqlianq
  - Palladius: юнлян (junljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jung⁶ loeng⁶
  - Yale: yuhng leuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶ loeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁶ lêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²² lœːŋ²²/

Noun

用量

quantity used; dose

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	量
よう Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [jo̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

用(よう)量(りょう) • (yōryō)

(medicine) dose, dosage (quantity of medicine to be used)
Synonym: 投与量 (tōyoryō)
- 2011, Kubo Suzuko, Yakurigaku no kihon ga wakaru jiten: karā zukai [Understanding the basics of pharmacology: with color illustrations], page 54:
  
  薬(やく)物(ぶつ)投(とう)与(よ)量(りょう)の判(はん)断(だん)基(き)準(じゅん)となるのが用(よう)量(りょう)反(はん)応(のう)曲(きょく)線(せん)です。
  Yakubutsu tōyoryō no handan kijun to naru no ga yōryō hannō kyokusen desu.
  The basis for determining the drug dosage to administer is the dose response curve.