不算 búsuàn to not calculate
to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
How to remember 不算: 不 not + 算 calculate = to not calculate.
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How it is used
- 'Doesn't count as / isn't really' - 这不算贵 (zhè búsuàn guì) this isn't that expensive, or 不算数 (búsuànshù) it doesn't count.
- Softens a judgment: 不算 + adjective means 'not particularly, not to the point of' rather than a flat negation.
- Also 'not be counted in': 他还不算正式员工 (tā hái búsuàn zhèngshì yuángōng) he doesn't yet count as a formal employee.