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算

suàn · suan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to regard as
  2. to figure
  3. to calculate
  4. to compute
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Haggling for a drum

  1. Dengdeng

    老板(lǎobǎn)，这(zhè)个(gè)小鼓(xiǎogǔ)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    Boss, how much is this little drum?

  2. Liangliang

    三十(sānshí)块(kuài)，算(suàn)你(nǐ)便宜(piányi)点(diǎn)，二十五(èrshíwǔ)。

    Thirty yuan. I'll give you a discount: twenty-five.

  3. Dengdeng

    二十(èrshí)块(kuài)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)是(shì)学生(xuésheng)。

    Twenty, please. I'm a student.

  4. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，算(suàn)你(nǐ)二十(èrshí)。

    Okay, I'll make it twenty.

  5. Dengdeng

    谢谢(xièxie)老板(lǎobǎn)！那个(nàge)也(yě)算(suàn)二十(èrshí)吧(ba)？

    Thanks, boss! Can that one be twenty too?

  6. Liangliang

    不行(bùxíng)，那个(nàge)贵(guì)，算(suàn)你(nǐ)八十(bāshí)！

    No, that one is expensive. Eighty for you!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)走(zǒu)一(yí)步(bù)算(suàn)一(yí)步(bù)吧(ba)。

I'll see as I walk along.

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by Blair0113 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)你(nǐ)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)算(suàn)一(yí)下(xià)这(zhè)个(ge)月(yuè)的(de)开(kāi)销(xiāo)。

Please help me calculate this month's expenses.

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