打算dǎ suànto plan
打算 (dǎ suàn) means "to plan" or "plan." It appears in 你打算去哪儿 (Where do you plan to go?) and 我有一个打算 (I have a plan). A speaker asks 明天你打算做什么? (What do you plan to do tomorrow?) The reply is 我打算在家看书。 (I plan to read at home.)
What does 打算 mean?
- 1.
to planverb
- 2.
plannoun
What do the characters in 打算 mean?
- 打not compositional here
- 算to figure out
How do you use 打算?
See it in 你打算去哪儿 and 我有一个打算
What are some examples of 打算 in a sentence?
How is 打算 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
明天你打算做什么?
Míngtiān nǐ dǎsuàn zuò shénme?
What do you plan to do tomorrow?
- Speaker B:
我打算在家看书。
Wǒ dǎsuàn zài jiā kàn shū.
I plan to read at home.
- Speaker A:
你没有别的打算吗?
Nǐ méiyǒu biéde dǎsuàn ma?
Don't you have any other plans?
- Speaker B:
没有,我想休息。
Méiyǒu, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi.
No, I want to rest.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.