suàn
นับ; คำนวณ
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你算老几？
nǐ suàn lǎo jǐ?
Who do you think you are?
算了吧，别想了。
suàn le ba, bié xiǎng le.
Forget it, don't think about it.
我算了一下，一共要花一千块钱。
wǒ suàn le yí xià, yígòng yào huā yīqiān kuài qián.
I calculated it, it will cost a total of 1000 yuan.
猜 (cāi)
guess
估计 (gū jì)
estimate
The Chinese character 算 (suàn) for "calculate" or "reckon" is composed of two parts: 艹 (cǎo) and 祘 (suàn). 艹 represents grass, and 祘 originally meant "bamboo slips for counting". In ancient China, people used bamboo slips to record numbers and perform calculations. The character 算 thus came to mean "calculate" or "reckon".Over time, the character 祘 simplified to 算, and it is now the standard form of the character. The character 算 is also used in other words related to calculation, such as 算法 (suànfǎ, algorithm), 计算 (jìsuàn, calculation), and 算盘 (suànpán, abacus).
