tính toán
- Verb:
- To calculate, to compute: To perform mathematical operations to find a numerical result.
- To consider, to weigh up: To think carefully about something, especially the advantages and disadvantages, before making a decision.
- To be calculating, to scheme: To act in a way that is overly concerned with personal gain or advantage in a relationship or situation.
- Verb:
- Anh ấy đang tính toán chi phí cho dự án. (He is calculating the cost for the project.)
- Cô ấy cần tính toán kỹ lưỡng trước khi đưa ra quyết định quan trọng. (She needs to consider/weigh up carefully before making an important decision.)
- Tình bạn thật sự không nên có sự tính toán. (A true friendship should not involve scheming/calculation.)
"tính toán chi li": to calculate meticulously, often implying pettiness or excessive detail.
- Anh ta tính toán chi li từng đồng một. (He calculates meticulously every single penny.)
"có tính toán": calculated, premeditated; done with prior thought and planning.
- Đó là một hành động có tính toán, không phải do bộc phát. (That was a calculated action, not a spontaneous one.)
Tính (verb): to calculate, to count. Often used for simpler arithmetic.
- Tính tổng số tiền. (Calculate the total amount of money.)
Toán (noun): mathematics. The root word for calculation.
- môn toán (the subject of mathematics)
Tính toán viên (noun): calculator (person), computer (archaic for a person who computes).
- Máy tính (noun): calculator; computer.
- Đo lường, ước lượng: to measure, to estimate.
- Cân nhắc, suy tính: to consider, to deliberate.
- Mưu tính, vụ lợi: to scheme, to be self-seeking (for the negative connotation).
Note: As a single verb, "tính toán" does not commonly form phrasal verbs with other particles in Vietnamese. Its meaning is modified through context or adverbs.
"Tính toán hơn thiệt": to calculate gains and losses; to be overly concerned with personal profit and loss in a situation.
- Trong tình yêu, đừng tính toán hơn thiệt. (In love, don't calculate gains and losses.)
"Tính toán như máy": to calculate like a machine; to be extremely fast and accurate in calculation.
- Cậu ấy tính toán như máy. (He calculates like a machine.)
- to calculate, to count; to weigh the pros and cons