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HSK
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to calculate

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

suan4 suàn

Meaning


Primary

to calculate

Alternatives

calculate, calculates, calculating, calculated

Mnemonic


[su-] Superman is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop, which is full of 目 eyes. They are all piled into a corner and partitioned off by a 廾 fence made of ⺮ bamboo. Superman has been hired to use his X-ray vision 算 to calculate how many 目 eyes they have (all, naturally, are second-hand). Superman 算 calculates it's gonna take him all day 算 to calculate the number of 目 eyes.

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