車載斗量

Chinese

	to transport by vehicle; mounted on a vehicle; vehicular	ladle; dipper; small ladle; dipper; small; big; stars	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
trad. (車載斗量)	車載	斗	量
simp. (车载斗量)	车载	斗	量
Literally: “enough to fill carts and be measured by the bushel”.

Etymology

From the Book of Wu:

又曰：「吳如大夫者幾人？」咨曰：「聰明特達者八九十人，如臣之比，車載斗量，不可勝數。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

又曰：「吴如大夫者几人？」咨曰：「聪明特达者八九十人，如臣之比，车载斗量，不可胜数。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: circa 280, Wei Zhao, Xue Ying, et al., The Book of Wu, quoted in Pei Songzhi's annotations to The Records of the Three Kingdoms (《三國志·吳書·孫權傳》)

Yòu yuē: “Wú rú dàfū zhě jǐrén?” Zī yuē: “Cōngmíng tèdá zhě bājiǔshí rén, rú chén zhī bǐ, chē zǎi dǒu liàng, bùkěshèngshù.” [Pinyin]

He [Cao Pi] further asked: "How many ministers in your country Wu are like you?" [Zhao] Zi replied: "Men with exceptional intelligence number eighty to ninety. As for those like me—cartloads and bushels, innumerous beyond counting."

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēzàidǒuliàng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ zoi³ dau² loeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēzàidǒuliàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chezàidǒuliàng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-tsai⁴-tou³-liang⁴
  - Yale: chē-dzài-dǒu-lyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chetzaydooulianq
  - Palladius: чэцзайдоулян (čɛczajdouljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ zoi³ dau² loeng⁴
  - Yale: chē joi dáu lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ dzoi³ dau² loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ zoi³ deo² lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯³³ tɐu̯³⁵ lœːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: tsyhae tsojH|dzojH tuwX ljang

Rime
Character	車	載	載	斗	量
Reading #	2/2	2/3	3/3	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	精 (13)	從 (15)	端 (5)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)	侯 (137)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	尺遮切	作代切	昨代切	當口切	呂章切
Baxter	tsyhae	tsojH	dzojH	tuwX	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰia/	/t͡sʌi^H/	/d͡zʌi^H/	/təu^X/	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰia/	/t͡səi^H/	/d͡zəi^H/	/təu^X/	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰia/	/t͡sɒi^H/	/d͡zɒi^H/	/təu^X/	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰia/	/t͡səj^H/	/d͡zəj^H/	/təw^X/	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰia/	/t͡sᴀi^H/	/d͡zᴀi^H/	/tu^X/	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭa/	/t͡sɒi^H/	/d͡zɒi^H/	/təu^X/	/lĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯a/	/t͡sɑ̆i^H/	/d͡zʱɑ̆i^H/	/tə̯u^X/	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chē	zài	zài	dǒu	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ce¹	zoi³	zoi⁶	dau²	loeng⁴

Idiom

車載斗量

common and numerous