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算

suàn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

算 (suàn) means "to regard as". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 算 means

1. to calculate; to figure out
2. to include; to count in
3. to count; to be valid; to carry weight
4. to regard as; to consider (to be ...)

Example sentences

• 算了。
  Forget it.
• 算你狠。
  Suàn nǐ hěn.
  You got me.
• 算我一个.
  Count me in.
• 那算数吗？
  Does that count?
• 他打算当教师
  He intends to become a teacher.
• 他计算费用。
  He calculated the expenses.

Words starting with 算

• 算了suàn lelet it be; let it pass; forget about it
• 算是suàn shìconsidered to be; at last
• 算数suàn shùto count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid)
• 算命suàn mìngfortune-telling; to tell fortune
• 算法suàn fǎarithmetic; algorithm; method of calculation
• 算计suàn jito reckon; to calculate; to plan
• 算术suàn shùarithmetic
• 算出suàn chūto figure out; to calculate
• 算盘suàn pánabacus; plan; scheme
• 算账suàn zhàng(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account…
• 算命先生suàn mìng xiān shengfortune-teller
• 算话suàn huà(of sb's words) to count; can be trusted
• 算力suàn lìcomputing power; hash rate (digital currency mining)
• 算子suàn zioperator (math.)
• 算准suàn zhǔnto calculate precisely; to identify; to discern; to tell
• 算不了suàn bù liǎodoes not count for anything; of no account
• 算不得suàn bù dénot count as
• 算术式suàn shù shì(math) arithmetic expression
• 算起来suàn qǐ láito calculate; to estimate; in total
• 算术级数suàn shù jí shùarithmetic series (such as 2+4+6+8+...)
• 算老几suàn lǎo jǐjust who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)
• 算命家suàn mìng jiāfortune-teller
• 算命者suàn mìng zhěfortune-teller
• 算术平均suàn shù píng jūnarithmetic mean (math.)

Words containing 算

• 打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend; to calculate
• 计算jì suànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme
• 总算zǒng suànat long last; finally; on the whole
• 预算yù suànbudget
• 结算jié suànto settle a bill; to close an account
• 运算yùn suànto perform calculations; (mathematical) operation
• 合算hé suànworthwhile; to be a good deal; to be a bargain
• 精打细算jīng dǎ xì suànmeticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
• 计算机jì suàn jīcomputer; (Taiwan) calculator
• 就算jiù suàn(colloquial) even if
• 盘算pán suànto plot; to scheme; to calculate
• 划算huá suànto calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable
• 核算hé suànto calculate; accounting
• 说了算shuō le suànto have the final say; to be the one in charge
• 清算qīng suànto settle accounts; to clear accounts; to liquidate
• 换算huàn suànto convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
• 估算gū suànassessment; evaluation
• 推算tuī suànto calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation)
• 计算器jì suàn qìcalculator; calculating machine
• 测算cè suànto take measurements and calculate
• 折算zhé suànto convert (between currencies)
• 暗算àn suànto plot against
• 决算jué suànfinal account; to calculate the final bill; fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth
• 电子计算机diàn zǐ jì suàn jīelectronic computer

Characters built on 目

These share the phonetic component 目 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 眩xuàn(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫
• 眢yuāninflamed eyelids; parched

Characters that look like 算

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 禀bǐngto make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow
• 箕jīwinnow basket
• 蕈xùnmold; mushroom

Sounds the same

Read suàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蒜garlic
• 筭to regard as; to figure
• 祘variant of 算

Where 算 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognition & mental processes (HSK 4), HSK 3 Characters · Set 9 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suàn correctly.
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