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计划 and 打算: making plans
Original Chinese study material with English explanations. Simplified Chinese with pinyin; beginner, intermediate and advanced are editorial difficulty labels.
计划 (jìhuà) can be a noun meaning plan or a verb meaning plan. 打算 (dǎsuàn) commonly expresses an intention and can be followed by a verb phrase.
你周末打算做什么？
Nǐ zhōumò dǎsuàn zuò shénme?
What do you plan to do at the weekend?
我们需要一个新计划。
Wǒmen xūyào yí ge xīn jìhuà.
We need a new plan.
An intention is not a completed action. Add time words to make the timing clear.
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What does 我打算明天去 mean?
- I plan to go tomorrow
- I went yesterday
- I cannot go
Answer and explanation
I plan to go tomorrow. 打算 states the intention and 明天 locates it tomorrow.