算了

Chinese

		regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (算了)		算	了
simp. #(算了)		算	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suànle

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun³ liu⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soàn--liau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suànle
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suànle̊
    • Wade–Giles: suan⁴-lê⁵
    • Yale: swàn-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suann.le
    • Palladius: суаньлэ (suanʹlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵¹ lə¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun³ liu⁵
    • Yale: syun líuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn³ liu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun³ liu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³³ liːu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soàn--liau
    • Tâi-lô: suàn--liau

Phrase

算了

1. (colloquial) forget it; forget about it; drop it; leave it at that; let it pass; let it be; leave it be

Synonyms

• 拉倒 (lādǎo)
• (Cantonese) 算啦 (syun³ laa¹), 算數啦／算数啦 (syun³ sou³ laa¹)
• (Hokkien) 煞去, 煞煞去

Descendants

• →? Korean: 쏼라쏼라 (sswallasswalla, “while speaking gibberish”)