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打算

dǎ suàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Measure word 个

打算 (dǎ suàn) means "to plan". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 打算 means

1. to plan
2. to intend
3. to calculate
4. plan
5. intention
6. calculation

The characters in 打算

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…

Example sentences

• 他打算当教师
  He intends to become a teacher.
• 她打算离婚。
  She intends to get divorced.
• 你打算赢吗？
  Were you expecting to win?
• 我打算洗个澡。
  I'm going to take a bath.
• 你打算出国吗？
  Do you plan to go abroad?
• 我打算去那里。
  I intend to go there.

Words starting with 打算

• 打算盘dǎ suàn pánto compute on the abacus; (fig.) to calculate; to plan

Where 打算 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Relations & Events (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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