算 (suàn) means Calculate (count - plan). Below are 24 of the 45 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
事情总 算 解决了。
Shìqing zǒngsuàn jiějué le.
The matter is settled at last.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 总算
说过的话要 算 数。
Shuō guo de huà yào suànshù.
What one has said should count.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 算数
你打 算 什么时候去？
Nǐ dǎsuàn shénme shíhou qù?
When are you planning to go?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 打算
周末你有什么打 算 ？
Zhōumò nǐ yǒu shénme dǎsuàn?
What are your plans for the weekend?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 周末
我打 算 暑假去旅行。
Wǒ dǎsuàn shǔjià qù lǚxíng.
I plan to travel during the summer holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 旅行
暑假我打 算 去打工。
Shǔjià wǒ dǎsuàn qù dǎgōng.
I plan to take a part-time job over the summer holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 打工
他计 算 得又快又准。
Tā jìsuàn de yòu kuài yòu zhǔn.
He calculates quickly and accurately.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 计算
毕业后他打 算 经商。
Bìyè hòu tā dǎsuàn jīng shāng.
After graduating he plans to go into business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经商
哥哥打 算 明年娶妻。
Gēge dǎsuàn míngnián qǔ qī.
My brother plans to take a wife next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 娶
放暑假我打 算 去旅行。
Fàng shǔjià wǒ dǎsuàn qù lǚxíng.
I plan to travel during the summer holiday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 放暑假
我们打 算 去首都参观。
Wǒmen dǎsuàn qù shǒudū cānguān.
We plan to visit the capital.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 首都
请帮我计 算 一下总数。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jìsuàn yíxià zǒngshù.
Please work out the total for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 计算
买这个套餐比较合 算 。
Mǎi zhège tàocān bǐjiào hésuàn.
Buying this set is better value.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 合算
这笔款项还没有结 算 。
Zhè bǐ kuǎnxiàng hái méiyǒu jiésuàn.
This sum has not yet been settled.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 结算
她过日子很精打细 算 。
Tā guò rìzi hěn jīng dǎ xì suàn.
She runs the household with careful budgeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 精打细算
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From the graded readers
回家以后，我 算 了一笔账。
huíjiā yǐhòu, wǒ suàn le / liǎo / liào yī bǐ zhàng.
When I got home, I did a calculation.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
这个周末我本来有很多打 算 。
zhège zhōumò wǒ běnlái yǒu hěnduō dǎsuàn.
I had a lot of plans for this weekend.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
From the travel phrasebook
打 算 待多久？
Dǎsuàn dāi duō jiǔ?
How long do you plan to stay?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
运费怎么 算 ？
Yùnfèi zěnme suàn?
How is the shipping worked out?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
保险怎么 算 ？
Bǎoxiǎn zěnme suàn?
How is the insurance calculated?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
我们的预 算 有限。
Wǒmen de yùsuàn yǒuxiàn.
Our budget is limited.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
你们打 算 怎么处理？
Nǐmen dǎsuàn zěnme chǔlǐ?
How do you plan to handle this?
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
算 appears in 45 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 算
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Questions about 算
How is 算 used in a sentence?
This page shows 45 sentences using 算 (suàn, "Calculate (count - plan)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 算 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 算 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 算?
The dictionary page for 算 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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