Definition

1. Verb:
   • To intend, to plan, to calculate: "toan tính" refers to the act of thinking, considering, and making calculations with the aim of carrying out a specific action or achieving a goal. It implies a deliberate, often careful, process of planning or scheming.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy đang toan tính một kế hoạch kinh doanh mới. (He is planning a new business strategy.)
  • Đừng toan tính những việc làm hại người khác. (Do not scheme to do things that harm others.)
  • Cô ấy toan tính chuyển đến một thành phố lớn để phát triển sự nghiệp. (She intends to move to a big city to develop her career.)

Advanced Usage

• "toan tính thiệt hơn": to calculate gains and losses, to weigh the pros and cons.
  • Trước khi quyết định, anh ta toan tính thiệt hơn rất kỹ. (Before deciding, he carefully weighed the pros and cons.)
• "những toan tính cá nhân": personal plans/calculations.
  • Anh ta bị chi phối bởi những toan tính cá nhân. (He is driven by personal calculations.)

Variants and Related Words

• Toan (verb, literary/older usage): to intend, to plan. Often used in compound words or fixed phrases.
  • Toan tính itself is a compound of "toan" and "tính".
• Tính toán (verb): to calculate, to compute. While "tính toán" can be used literally for mathematical calculation, it often overlaps with "toan tính" in the sense of planning or scheming, but "toan tính" carries a stronger connotation of intention and deliberation.

Synonyms

• Dự định: to intend, to plan (neutral, less calculating).
• Âm mưu: to plot, to scheme (negative, secretive).
• Hoạch định: to formulate a plan (formal, strategic).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nảy ra toan tính: to conceive a plan/calculation.
  • Một ý định xấu nảy ra trong đầu hắn. (A bad intention formed in his mind.)
• Vạch ra toan tính: to lay out a plan.
  • Họ đã vạch ra những toan tính rất chi tiết. (They laid out very detailed plans.)

Related Idioms

• Toan tính nước cờ: to plan a move (like in chess). This idiom implies strategic, step-by-step planning.
  • Đối thủ đang toan tính nước cờ tiếp theo. (The opponent is planning the next move.)
• Toan tính hơn thua: to be calculative about winning and losing, to be overly competitive in a petty way.
  • Anh ta luôn toan tính hơn thua trong mọi việc. (He is always calculative about winning and losing in everything.)

verb

1. to intend