算

Mandarin · pinyin suàn

Meanings

  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 ...)
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算
suàn · count, calculate, figure; plan
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4 · suan4

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  1. to count; to calculate; to figure
  2. to plan; to arrange; to design
  3. to guess; to estimate; to approximate
  4. to regard as; to consider
  5. to count; to be of significance
  6. to let it pass; to give up
  7. (Puxian Min) to think (to conceive of something or someone)
  8. (Puxian Min) to miss (to feel the absence of someone or something)
  9. finally; eventually
  10. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 筭 (suàn, “ancient device for counting numbers”)
  11. (Guanzhong Mandarin) while
  12. (Hong Kong) ratio between two currencies

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算 · suan4
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Exact source record算 算 [suan4] /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 ...)/