點算

See also: 点算

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to check one by one	to calculate; to compute
trad. (點算)		點	算
simp. (点算)		点	算

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diǎnsuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² syun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiám-son

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diǎnsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diǎnsuàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien³-suan⁴
    • Yale: dyǎn-swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deansuann
    • Palladius: дяньсуань (djanʹsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² syun³
    • Yale: dím syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ syːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiám-son
    • Hakka Romanization System: diam^ˋ son
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diam³ son⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯am³¹ son⁵⁵/

Verb

點算

1. to tally; to count (votes, etc.)

Etymology 2

		how	to calculate; to plan
trad. (點算)		點	算
simp. (点算)		点	算

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dim² syun³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dim² syun³
    • Yale: dím syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dim² syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dim² xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːm³⁵ syːn³³/

Phrase

點算

1. (Cantonese) what to do

   考試唔合格嘅話，點算啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   考试唔合格嘅话，点算啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   haau² si⁵ m⁴ hap⁶ gaak³ ge³ waa^6-2, dim² syun³ aa³? [Jyutping]

   What do I do if I don't pass my exams?

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		奈何
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		怎麼辦
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	怎麼辦
	Harbin	咋辦, 咋整
	Singapore	怎麼辦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	怎麼辦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	怎個弄
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	咋辦
	Xi'an	咋辦
	Xuzhou	咋辦, 怎麼辦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	咋辦, 咋圪, 咋鬧
	Ürümqi	咋麼辦, 咋辦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	咋個辦, 啷個辦
	Guiyang	咋個辦
	Liuzhou	𱓶子搞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	怎麼辦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	點算
	Hong Kong	點算, 點搞, 點辦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	點算
Gan	Nanchang	啷辦
	Pingxiang	羅弟辦
Hakka	Meixian	仰仔辦, 仰結煞, 仰般好
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	仰結煞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	仰結煞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	仰結煞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	仰結煞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	仰結煞
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	仰結煞
Huizhou	Jixi	采翹搞, 采的搞
Jin	Taiyuan	咋底辦
	Xinzhou	抓辦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	共弄弄
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	怎做
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	欲按怎
	Chaozhou	做呢物
	Shantou	做呢物, 做呢做
	Jieyang	做呢物
	Singapore (Teochew)	做呢物
	Leizhou	怎怎做
	Haikou	咋作
Wu	Shanghai	哪能辦
	Suzhou	捺亨弄法
	Danyang	暖格辦, 暖格弄
	Hangzhou	接格辦, 接格套辦
	Ningbo	咋弄, 咋弄弄
	Wenzhou	訾那妝
	Jinhua	哪生弄弄, 哪生好, 哪亨好, 喪好
Xiang	Changsha	何什搞
	Loudi	嗎介搞

Dialectal synonyms of 怎麼辦 (“What to do?”) [map]