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不算

bù suàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不算 (bù suàn) means "to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不算 means

1. to not calculate
2. to not count
3. to not be considered (as)
4. to have no weight

The characters in 不算

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…

Example sentences

• 这不算犯错误。
  That doesn’t count as making a mistake.
• 他不算老得做不了。
  He is not too old to do it.
• 汉语不算难得学不会。
  Hànyǔ bù suàn nándé xué bù huì.
  Chinese is not too difficult to learn.
• 销售区相对来说不算拥挤。
  The sales floor was relatively uncrowded.
• 严格地说，这套理论不算正确。
  Yángé de shuō, zhè tào lǐlùn bù suàn zhèngquè.
  Strictly speaking, the theory is not correct.
• 比起南方， 北京的先天不算热
  Compared to south, summer in Beijing isn't really hot.

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