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

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• 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

1. 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) 

1. (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.