算數

See also: 算数

Chinese

		regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (算數)		算	數
simp. (算数)		算	数
anagram		數算／数算

Pronunciation 1

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³ sou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sǹg-siàu / sùiⁿ-siàu / soàn-sò͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): seng³ siou³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵soe-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suànshù
    • Wade–Giles: suan⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: swàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suannshuh
    • Palladius: суаньшу (suanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suànshùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suànshùr
    • Wade–Giles: suan⁴-shu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: swàn-shùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suannshull
    • Palladius: суаньшур (suanʹšur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun³ sou³
    • Yale: syun sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn³ sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun³ sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³³ sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: sǹg-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngrsiaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴² siau²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùiⁿ-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: suìnn-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svuiesiaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soàn-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: suàn-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soarnsox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /suan²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: seng³ siou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̀ng siòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ siou²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵soe-su
    • MiniDict: soe^去 su
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²soe-su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø³³ su⁴⁴/

Verb

算數

1. to count numbers; to perform simple calculations (such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc)
2. to count; to matter; to hold

   我說話算數。／我说话算数。  ―  Wǒ shuōhuà suànshù.  ―  what I say, goes.

3. to be over

   抓到才算數。／抓到才算数。  ―  Zhuādào cái suànshù.  ―  It's not over unless getting caught.

4. (Cantonese) to forget it; to let it be; to leave it be

   算數吧啦！／算数吧啦！ [Cantonese]  ―  syun³ sou³ baa² laa¹! [Jyutping]  ―  Just let it be!

Synonyms

• (to matter): (Hokkien) 準數／准数, 算額／算额, 準算／准算

Pronunciation 2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): son-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sǹg-siàu / sùiⁿ-siàu

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: son-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: son sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: son⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /son⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǹg-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: sǹg-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngrsiaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴² siau²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùiⁿ-siàu
    • Tâi-lô: suìnn-siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svuiesiaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suĩ²¹⁻⁵³ siau²¹/

Verb

算數

1. (Southern Min, Hakka) to settle accounts; to balance the books; to make out the bills
2. (Southern Min) to square; to settle accounts (with somebody); to get even

Synonyms

• (to settle accounts):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		結賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	買單
	Taiwan	結賬, 買單
	Singapore	買單
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇數, 埋單, 找數
	Hong Kong	埋單, 找數, 睇數
	Taishan	睇數, 結數
	Kaiping (Chikan)	找數
	Singapore (Guangfu)	埋單
Hakka	Meixian	買單
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	算數, 結數
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	算數, 結數
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	算數, 結數
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	算數, 結數
Southern Min	Xiamen	結數
	Quanzhou	結數
	Zhangzhou	結數
	Tainan	結數
	Singapore (Hokkien)	結數
	Chaozhou	結數
	Wenchang	作數
	Haikou	作數
	Singapore (Hainanese)	結數
Wu	Wenzhou	算賬, 買單

Dialectal synonyms of 結賬 (“to pay a bill; to settle accounts”) [map]

• (to square):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		算賬
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	算賬
	Singapore	算賬
Cantonese	Hong Kong	計數
Southern Min	Xiamen	算數
	Quanzhou	算數
	Jinjiang	算數
	Zhangzhou	算數
	Taipei	算數 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	算數
	Manila (Hokkien)	算數
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 算賬 (“to settle a score; to get even”) [map]

Derived terms

• 不算數／不算数 (bùsuànshù)
• 沒算數／没算数