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打算

dǎ suàn 3–4

to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation

HSK level
HSK 2
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 2
Characters
2
打 · 算
Syllables
2
dǎ suàn
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,374

Part of speech: v,n,vn

Character by character

  • 打dǎ5 strokesHSK 1strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
  • 算suàn14 strokesHSK 2count, calculate, figure; plan

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 你打算出国吗?

    Nǐ dǎ suàn chū guó ma

    Do you plan to go abroad?

  • 你打算做什么?

    Nǐ dǎ suàn zuò shén me

    What are you up to?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 打算. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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