估 gū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 古 old, classic, ancient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
估算
gūsuàn
to estimate
Characters in this word
算 suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 工程师根据卫星图像估算洪水淹没的范围，误差仍需现场核实。 Gōngchéngshī gēnjù wèixīng túxiàng gūsuàn hóngshuǐ yānmò de fànwéi, wùchā réngxū xiànchǎng héshí. The engineers estimated the area flooded from satellite images, though the margin of error still needs on-site verification.
- 我估算了一下，这次旅行大概要花两千块。 Wǒ gūsuàn le yíxià, zhè cì lǚxíng dàgài yào huā liǎng qiān kuài. I made an estimate; this trip will cost about two thousand yuan.
- 老师傅看一眼就能估算出木头的重量。 Lǎo shīfu kàn yì yǎn jiù néng gūsuàn chū mùtou de zhòngliàng. The old master can estimate the weight of the timber at a glance.
Related words
- 估计 gūjì to estimate; to guess
- 评估 pínggū to assess; to estimate
- 低估 dīgū to underestimate
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 计算机 jìsuànjī computer
- 算 suàn to count; to count as
- 计算 jìsuàn to calculate
- 总算 zǒngsuàn finally
- 就算 jiùsuàn even if
- 算了 suànle forget it; that’s enough
- 算是 suànshì to be considered as; quite
- 不算 búsuàn not count as; not be considered