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算账
(suàn zhàng): Settle accounts / hold accountable (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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算 • suàn • to calculate, compute, reckon • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
suàn
算
to calculate, compute, reckon
账 • zhàng • account; debt; bill
zhàng
账
account; debt; bill
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 算账.
Words with
算
打算
dǎ suàn
plan; intention
总算
zǒng suàn
at long last; finally
计算
jì suàn
count; compute; calculate
计算机
jì suàn jī
computer
合算
hé suàn
cost-effective
就算
jiù suàn
(coll.) even if
算了
suàn le
let it be
算数
suàn shù
do sums; count
Words with
账
结账
jié zhàng
to pay the bill
账号
zhàng hào
account
账户
zhàng hù
(bank) account
账单
zhàng dān
bill
付账
fù zhàng
pay the bill
旧账
jiù zhàng
old debt; old score; past grievance
混账
hùn zhàng
scoundrel; damned; outrageous
账本
zhàng běn
account book, ledger
4.
How to Use 算账 in Sentences
Verb + Complement
with
清
suàn
算
zhàng
账
suàn
算
de
得
qīng
清
neutral
settle accounts clearly
Adverb + Verb
with
慢慢
màn
慢
man
慢
suàn
算
zhàng
账
Verb + Object
with
他
zhǎo
找
tā
他
suàn
算
zhàng
账
Idiom
with
秋后
qiū
秋
hòu
后
suàn
算
zhàng
账
5.
Example Sentences with 算账
mā
妈
ma
妈
zài
在
suàn
算
zhàng
账
。
neutral
Spoken
settle accounts slowly
neutral
settle accounts with him
formal
settle accounts after the autumn harvest
Mom is doing the accounts.
děng
等
zhè
这
jiàn
件
shì
事
jié
结
shù
束
，
wǒ
我
fēi
非
děi
得
gēn
跟
tā
他
hǎo
好
hǎo
好
suàn
算
zhàng
账
bù
不
kě
可
。
Once this matter is over, I must hold him accountable properly.
cái
财
wù
务
bù
部
mén
门
zhèng
正
zài
在
wèi
为
nián
年
dù
度
shěn
审
jì
计
zǐ
仔
xì
细
dì
地
suàn
算
zhàng
账
。
The finance department is carefully settling accounts for the annual audit.
tā
他
měi
每
gè
个
yuè
月
dōu
都
yào
要
suàn
算
zhàng
账
，
kàn
看
kàn
看
huā
花
le
了
duō
多
shǎo
少
qián
钱
。
He does the accounts every month to see how much money he spent.
nǐ
你
nán
难
dào
道
xiǎng
想
děng
等
lǎo
老
bǎn
板
qīn
亲
zì
自
lái
来
gēn
跟
nǐ
你
suàn
算
zhàng
账
ma
吗
？
Do you really want to wait for the boss to come and hold you accountable personally?
