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计算 jìsuàn

计算 jìsuàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 计算 jìsuàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jìsuàn | ji4 suan4
English translation
to count
to calculate
to compute
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Traditional form

計算

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 计算 jìsuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and shí represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shí

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠十

Number of Strokes

4
suàn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

⺮具

Number of Strokes

14

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Example sentences using 计算 jìsuàn

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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.

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.

可以 kěyǐ 计算 jìsuàn zài 不同 bù tóng 条件 tiáojiàn xià de yún 增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ .

The rate of droplet growth under different conditions can be evaluated.

只有 zhǐyǒu 计算机 jì suàn jī 运算 yùnsuàn 专家 zhuānjiā cái Néng kān dǒng zhè fèn 报告 bàogào .

This report would be intelligible only to an expert in computing.

zhǒng 具有 jù yǒu 分时 fēn shí 操作能力 de 计算机 jì suàn jī .

A computer having the capability of time sharing operation.

计算 jìsuàn Decomposition

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计算 jìsuàn Compounds

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