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算
Mandarin · pinyin suàn
Meanings
- to calculate; to figure out
- to include; to count in
- to count; to be valid; to carry weight
- to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
Characters in this entry
- 算
- suàn · count, calculate, figure; plan
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Mandarin tones
4 · suan4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
syun3
Cantonese word readings for 算. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to count; to calculate; to figure
- to plan; to arrange; to design
- to guess; to estimate; to approximate
- to regard as; to consider
- to count; to be of significance
- to let it pass; to give up
- (Puxian Min) to think (to conceive of something or someone)
- (Puxian Min) to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
- finally; eventually
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 筭 (suàn, “ancient device for counting numbers”)
- (Guanzhong Mandarin) while
- (Hong Kong) ratio between two currencies
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