Intend in Chinese
to intend · HSK 3
打算
- 打 to hit
- 算 to calculate
Counted with 个: 一个打算
你周末打算做什么？ What are you planning to do this weekend?
Other ways to say intend
More words with 打 or 算
How do you say intend in Chinese?
Intend in Chinese is 打算 (dǎ suàn). You can also say 准备 (zhǔn bèi).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.