划算

Chinese

		to row	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (划算)		划	算
simp. #(划算)		划	算

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cantonese irregular pronunciation derived from 化算?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huásuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faa³ syun³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fa² son⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôa-soàn / hôa-sǹg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huásuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huásuàn
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-suan⁴
    • Yale: hwá-swàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwasuann
    • Palladius: хуасуань (xuasuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faa³ syun³
    • Yale: fa syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faa³ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fa³ xun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faː³³ syːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fa² son⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fa¹¹ sɔn⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa-soàn
    • Tâi-lô: huâ-suàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoasoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hua²⁴⁻²² suan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hua²⁴⁻²² suan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hua¹³⁻²² suan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôa-sǹg
    • Tâi-lô: huâ-sǹg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoasngx
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hua²³⁻³³ sŋ̍²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hua²⁴⁻¹¹ sŋ̍¹¹/

Adjective

划算

1. worthwhile
2. cost-effective; being value for money; affordable

Synonyms

• (worthwhile):

• 值得
• 值得過／值得过 (Hakka)
• 價值／价值 (Teochew, Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 划得來 (huádelái)
• 會值得／会值得 (Hokkien)
• 會行得／会行得 (Hokkien)
• 算會和／算会和 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

• (cost-effective):

• 上算 (shàngsuàn)
• 優惠／优惠 (yōuhuì)
• 化算 (faa³ syun³) (Cantonese)
• 合摟兒／合搂儿 (hélòur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 合盤／合盘 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 合算 (hésuàn)
• 實惠／实惠 (shíhuì)
• 抵 (dai²) (Cantonese)
• 會值得／会值得 (Hokkien)
• 會行得／会行得 (Hokkien)
• 有盤／有盘 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 盤／盘 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 盤頭／盘头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 經濟／经济 (jīngjì)

 

Verb

划算

1. to calculate; to weigh