算
账

(accounting) to balance the books in Chinese: 算账 (suàn zhàng)

suàn zhàng

(accounting) to balance the books

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 算賬1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts
  2. 2(fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge

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算
账

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ㄙㄨㄢˋ

suàn

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄤˋ

zhàng

ㄓ/ zhㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

算账

Simplified

算賬

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 到了月底，会计忙着算账。

    dào le yuè dǐ， kuài jì máng zhe suàn zhàng。

    At the end of the month, the accountant is busy doing the books.

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Related words

算

suàn

to regard as

账

zhàng

account

打算

dǎ suàn

to plan

计算

jì suàn

to count

结账

jié zhàng

to pay the bill

账户

zhàng hù

bank account

总算

zǒng suàn

at long last

就算

jiù suàn

(coll.) even if

算了

suàn le

let it be

算是

suàn shì

considered to be

不算

bù suàn

to not calculate

测算

cè suàn

to take measurements and calculate

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