算话

算話
suànhuà
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 (of someone's words) to count
  2. 2 to be reliable
  3. 3 to keep one's word

Examples

Tā dāyìng guò de shì, shuōhuà suànhuà.
He keeps his word — what he promises, he delivers.
Nǐ shuōhuà dàodǐ suàn bù suànhuà?
Does your word actually count for anything?

Tips

usage
Almost always seen in the set phrase 说话算话 (shuōhuà suànhuà, 'when one speaks, the words count') — meaning trustworthy / true to one's word. The reduplication 说话算话 is the characteristic frame.
register
Spoken / colloquial. The literary equivalent is 言而有信 (yán ér yǒu xìn).

Stroke Order

suàn
huà