HSK 5 · Verbs

计算 jìsuàn “to count” in Chinese

Traditional 計算

What 计算 means

  1. to count
  2. to calculate
  3. to compute
  4. to consider
  5. to think over
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to plot
  • to scheme

How to say 计算

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale计jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale算suàn4th tone, falling

计算 in a sentence

  1. 他计算费用。

    Tā jìsuàn fèiyòng.

    He calculated the costs.

    Sentence #9958409 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你可以把地球和月亮之间的距离计算出来吗？

    Nǐ kěyǐ bǎ dìqiú hé yuèliang zhījiān de jùlí jìsuàn chūlai ma?

    Can you work out the distance between the earth and the moon?

    Sentence #851686 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 您会使用计算机吗？

    Nín huì shǐyòng jìsuànjī ma?

    Can you use a computer?

    Sentence #7781512 from Tatoeba

How 计算 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 算 (suàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
算suànto calculate; to figure out
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 具tool · jù

Memory aidBamboo ⺮ counting sticks held in two hands 具: to count, to calculate.

How to write 计算

计 4 strokes · 算 14 strokes

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计算 (jìsuàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 计算 (jìsuàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 计算

Words with 计

计划jìhuà · plan估计gūjì · to estimate会计kuàijì · accountant设计shèjì · to design计较jìjiào · to fuss over共计gòngjì · to total统计tǒngjì · statistics千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

Words with 算

打算dǎsuàn · to plan算suàn · to calculate总算zǒngsuàn · at long last算数suànshù · to count (be valid)合算hésuàn · worthwhile结算jiésuàn · to settle accounts预算yùsuàn · budget运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting

More words: Common Verbs

恢复huīfù · to recover挥huī · to wave及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test集中jízhōng · to concentrate记录jìlù · to record捡jiǎn · to pick up建立jiànlì · to establish建设jiànshè · to build

FAQs

计算 (jìsuàn) means “to count” or “to calculate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jìsuàn: jì with a 4th tone, then suàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 计算 is written 計算. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jisuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 计算 from the suggestions. Typing jisuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
计算 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.