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suàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suàn | suan4
English translation
to regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan

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About suàn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

suàn

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A bamboo  zhú  abacus 

Etymology of suàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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Explanation

Depicts an abacus, a tool () made from bamboo ( zhú ) for performing calculations.

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Example sentences using suàn

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dōu 帮忙 bāngmáng .他们 tā men ài 这个 zhè ge . duō zán 他们 tā men xiàng le 一摊,他们 tā men cái 觉得 juéde shǎng le suàn ,他们 tā men 满意 mǎnyì , Huán zuò 义务 yìwù de 宣传 xuānchuán .

They were pleased and satisfied; they advertised me to their friends.

这道虽然 suīrán 错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá , dàn yòng 电子计算机 diàn zǐ jì suàn jī 很快 jiù Néng Xiè chū .

Although the problem is intricate and complex, it can be solved very quickly with an electronic computer.

经理 jīnglǐ 发觉 fājué le de 不轨 bù guǐ 行为 xíngwéi ,打算 dǎsuàn chǎo 鱿鱼 yóu yú .

The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.

能够 néng gòu měi miǎo 执行 zhíxíng 数千运算 yùnsuàn .

It was capable of performing thousands of operations per second.

计算机 jì suàn jī xiàn 普及 pǔjí --公司 gōngsī jiāng 使用 shǐyòng .

Computers are everywhere now our firm is switching over soon.

Words with suàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
suàn to figure suàn
打算 dǎsuàn to plan打算 dǎsuàn
算是 suàn shì at last算是 suàn shì
计算 jìsuàn to count計算
就算 jiù suàn even if就算 jiù suàn
计算机 jì suàn jī computer計算機
预算 yùsuàn budget預算
算了 suàn le let it be算了 suàn le
总算 zǒngsuàn finally總算
结算 jiésuàn to settle a bill結算
核算 hé suàn to calculate核算 hé suàn
说了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say說了算
清算 qīng suàn to settle accounts清算 qīng suàn
测算 cè suàn to take measurements and calculate測算
算法 suàn fǎ arithmetic算法 suàn fǎ
划算 huá suàn to calculate划算 huá suàn
估算 gū suàn assessment估算 gū suàn
算数 suànshù to count numbers算數
算计 suàn ji to reckon算計
运算 yùnsuàn to perform calculations運算
暗算 àn suàn to plot against暗算 àn suàn
算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling算命 suàn mìng
推算 tuī suàn to calculate推算 tuī suàn
盘算 pán suàn to plot盤算
胜算 shèng suàn odds of success勝算

suàn Decomposition & Compounds

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suàn Decomposition

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