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
算账
suànzhàng
to settle accounts; to get even
Characters in this word
账 zhàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 财务部月底要和各分公司算账，核对收入与支出。 Cáiwùbù yuèdǐ yào hé gè fēn gōngsī suànzhàng, héduì shōurù yǔ zhīchū. At the end of the month, the finance department has to settle accounts with each branch company and check income against expenditure.
- 晚上我得算账，看看今天赚了多少。 Wǎnshang wǒ děi suànzhàng, kànkan jīntiān zhuànle duōshǎo. In the evening I have to settle accounts and see how much I earned today.
- 他弄坏了我的手机，我以后一定找他算账。 Tā nònghuài le wǒ de shǒujī, wǒ yǐhòu yīdìng zhǎo tā suànzhàng. He broke my phone, and I will definitely get even with him someday.
Related words
- 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
- 测算 cèsuàn to estimate; to calculate
- 估算 gūsuàn to estimate
- 划算 huásuàn cost-effective; worth it