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算了

suàn le

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

算了 (suàn le) means "let it be". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 算了 means

1. let it be
2. let it pass
3. forget about it

How 算了 is used in grammar

算了 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Common Fixed Expressions: 不怎么, 好不容易, 那倒是, 算了 (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 6, set phrases (其他).

The characters in 算了

• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

Example sentences

• 算了。
  Forget it.
• 要是卖完了，就算了。
  If it’s sold out, then just forget it.
• 算了，我们聊点开心的事吧！
  Forget it, let us talk about happy stuff!
• 那路当然挺远的，我们打的去算了。
  Nà lù dāngrán tǐng yuǎn de, wǒmen dǎdī qù suànle.
  That way is very far, so we took a taxi.
• 火车里太多人了，所以我走路算了。
  The train was crowded, so I resorted to walking.
• 我知道超出我们的预算了，但是我就想买下来。
  I knew it was out of our price range, but I wanted to buy it anyway.

Words containing 算了

• 机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìngif one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing…

Where 算了 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · sǐ–sù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suàn le correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.