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Vocabulary list: The difference between 算 (suàn), 算上 (suànshang) and 算了 (suànle) in Chinese grammar 语法：算、上、了

The words and example sentences of the grammar article “The difference between 算 (suàn), 算上 (suànshang) and 算了 (suànle) in Chinese grammar”, in the order the article uses them.

72 words and 14 example sentences.

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Words 词

  1. 算(suàn) to calculate
  2. 上(shàng) up
  3. 了(le) marks a completed action
  4. 我(wǒ) I
  5. 用(yòng) to use
  6. 计(jì)算(suàn)器(qì) calculator
  7. 出(chū) to go out
  8. 的(de) marks possession and modification
  9. 开(kāi)支(zhī) expenditures
  10. 总(zǒng)额(é) total
  11. 要(yào) to want
  12. 今(jīn)天(tiān) today
  13. 一(yī)共(gòng) in total
  14. 花(huā) flower
  15. 多(duō)少(shǎo) number
  16. 钱(qián) coin
  17. 算(suàn)了(le) let it be
  18. 旅(lǚ)行(xíng) to travel
  19. 大(dà)概(gài) roughly
  20. 一(yī) one
  21. 万(wàn) ten thousand
  22. 块(kuài) lump
  23. 人(rén)民(mín)币(bì) Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC
  24. 他(tā) him
  25. 得(de) links a verb to how it is done
  26. 一(yī)个(ge) a
  27. 作(zuò)家(jiā) author
  28. 在(zài) to exist
  29. 花(huā)园(yuán) garden
  30. 走(zǒu) to walk
  31. 不(bù) no
  32. 锻(duàn)炼(liàn) to toughen
  33. 那(nà) that
  34. 道(dào)歉(qiàn) to apologize
  35. 吗(ma) (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
  36. 这(zhè) this
  37. 算(suàn)不(bù)了(liǎo) does not count for anything
  38. 什(shén)么(me) what?
  39. 把(bǎ) marks the object before the verb
  40. 吧(ba) ...OK?
  41. 连(lián) to link
  42. 他(tā)们(men) they
  43. 我(wǒ)们(men) we
  44. 也(yě) also
  45. 只(zhǐ)有(yǒu) only have ...
  46. 五(wǔ) five
  47. 个(gè) (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  48. 人(rén) person
  49. 附(fù)近(jìn) nearby
  50. 村(cūn)子(zi) village
  51. 这(zhè)个(ge) this
  52. 镇(zhèn)子(zi) town
  53. 人(rén)口(kǒu) population
  54. 有(yǒu) to have
  55. 六(liù) six
  56. 千(qiān) thousand
  57. 多(duō) many
  58. 就(jiù)算(suàn) even if
  59. 你(nǐ) you
  60. 说(shuō) to speak
  61. 呢(ne) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context
  62. 受(shòu)够(gòu) to have had enough of
  63. 要(yào)是(shi) if
  64. 天(tiān)气(qì) weather
  65. 不(bù)好(hǎo) no good
  66. 既(jì)然(rán) since
  67. 没(méi)有(yǒu) haven't
  68. 牛(niú)奶(nǎi) cow's milk
  69. 咱(zán)们(men) we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
  70. 就(jiù) then
  71. 喝(hē) to drink
  72. 黑(hēi)咖(kā)啡(fēi) black coffee

Example sentences 例句

  1. 我用计算器算出我的开支总额。

    Wǒ yòng jìsuànqì suàn chū wǒ de kāizhī zǒng'é.

    I totalled up my expenses with a calculator.

  2. 我要算算我今天一共花了多少钱。

    Wǒ yào suàn suàn wǒ jīntiān yígòng huāle duōshǎo qián.

    I'm going to calculate how much money I've spent today.

  3. 我算了算，这次旅行要花大概一万块人民币。

    Wǒ suànle suàn, zhècì lǚxíng yào huā dàgài yí wàn kuài rénmínbì.

    I've calculated that I'll spend about ten thousand RMB on this trip.

  4. 他算得上一个作家。

    Tā suàn de shàng yí gè zuòjiā.

    He can be considered an author.

  5. 在花园走一走算不上锻炼！

    Zài huāyuán zǒu yì zǒu suàn bú shàng duànliàn!

    Taking a walk in the garden doesn't count as exercise!

  6. 那算得上道歉吗？

    Nà suàn de shàng dàoqiàn ma?

    Does that count as an apology?

  7. 这算不了什么。

    Zhè suànbùliǎo shénme.

    This doesn't amount to much.

  8. 把我算上吧！

    Bǎ wǒ suàn shàng ba!

    Count me in!

  9. 连他们算上，我们一共也只有五个人。

    Lián tāmen suàn shàng, wǒmen yígòng yě zhǐyǒu wǔ gè rén.

    Even counting them in, there's still only five of us.

  10. 算上附近的村子，这个镇子的人口一共有六千多。

    Suàn shàng fùjìn de cūnzi, zhège zhènzi de rénkǒu yígòng yǒu liù qiān duō.

    Including nearby villages, the population of this town is over six thousand.

  11. 我们就算了吧，你说呢？

    Wǒmen jiùsuànle ba, nǐ shuō ne?

    Let's just forget it, what do you think?

  12. 算了！我受够了。

    Suànle! Wǒ shòugòule.

    Stop it! I've had enough.

  13. 要是天气不好就算了吧。

    Yàoshi tiānqì bù hǎo jiùsuànle ba.

    If the weather's not good then let's just forget it.

  14. 既然没有牛奶，咱们就喝黑咖啡算了。

    Jìrán méiyǒu niúnǎi, zánmen jiù hē hēikāfēi suànle.

    Since there's no milk, let's just drink black coffee.