计 jì calculate
calculate; to count; to plan; scheme
How to remember 计: 讠 words + 十 ten = calculate. The old market seller mutters the words for each price, counts to ten on her fingers and manages to calculate the total in seconds.
Component breakdown
计 = 讠 words + 十 ten
- 讠 words
- 十 ten
The old market seller mutters the words for each price, counts to ten on her fingers and manages to calculate the total in seconds.
How it is used
- To calculate/count, and to plan/scheme - 计算 (jìsuàn) calculate, 统计 (tǒngjì) statistics, 计划 (jìhuà) plan, 估计 (gūjì) estimate.
- 设计 (shèjì) design, 会计 (kuàijì) accountant.
- The 'scheme' shade shows in 计谋/诡计; the neutral 'reckon' shade in 估计.
Words with 计
- 计划jìhuàplanHSK 4
- 估计gūjìappraiseHSK 4
- 统计tǒngjìstatisticsHSK 5
- 计算jìsuànto calculateHSK 5
- 计算机jìsuànjīcomputerHSK 5
- 设计shèjìto designHSK 5
- 预计yùjìto forecastHSK 5
- 会计kuàijìaccountantHSK 6
- 共计gòngjìto sum up toHSK 6
- 总计zǒngjìtotalHSK 6
- 倒计时dàojìshíto count downHSK 7
- 千方百计qiānfāng-bǎijìliterally thousand ways, a hundred plansHSK 7
- 合计héjìto add up the totalHSK 7
- 温度计wēndùjìthermometerHSK 7
- 算计suànjìto reckonHSK 7
- 累计lěijìto calculate the running totalHSK 7
- 计较jìjiàoto bother aboutHSK 7
- 审计shěnjìto auditHSK 8
- 计策jìcèstratagemHSK 9
- 诡计guǐjìtrickHSK 9
Example sentences
- 估计晚上会下雨。 Gūjì wǎnshang huì xiàyǔ.I think it will rain tonight.
- 我计划周末去旅行。 Wǒ jìhuà zhōumò qù lǚxíng.I plan to take a trip on the weekend.
- 一切都按照计划进行。 Yíqiè dōu ànzhào jìhuà jìnxíng.Everything is underway according to plan.