Pinyin: suàn

to calculate; to count

Example sentence

你算一下要多少钱。

Nǐ suàn yíxià yào duōshǎo qián.

Calculate how much it costs.

What 算 means

(suàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to calculate; to count”. It belongs to the Daily Actions topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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