不算

doesn’t count as; doesn’t really qualify as

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phrase Common #3,153
doesn’t count as; doesn’t really qualify as Used to say something does not meet the standard for a category; before an adjective, it can mean “not very” or “not so.”
CH: 这不算是真正的出院。
EN: This doesn’t count as a real discharge.

你不算男人,

You're not a man.

— 谜一样的双眼 (2009)

但那家伙说…我们没要赎金什么的所以不算只是暂时收容她而已

But that guy said... we didn't demand a ransom or anything, so it doesn't count—we're just temporarily holding her.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

你这样的往里头撒,不算糟蹋东西

The way you’re pouring it in, I wouldn’t call it wasteful.

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

我知道钱不算多但这是我所有的了

I know it’s not much money, but it’s all I have.

— 西西里的美丽传说 (2000)

那就不算做坏事了

Then it doesn't count as doing anything wrong.

— 小偷家族 (2018)

不知道算不算是一个记录呢?

I’m not sure if it counts as a record.

— 重庆森林 (1994)

路不算近,不过我知道晚饭该去哪儿吃。

It’s not exactly nearby, but I know where we should go for dinner.

怎么不算哪

How does that not count?

— 洗澡 (1999)

不算是真正的出院

It doesn't really count as being discharged from the hospital.

— 龙猫 (1988)

差不多吧,不算太高。

About average, not too high.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

对,因为你不算是个骑车高手

Yes, because you're not exactly a cycling expert.

— 维多利亚 (2015)

不知道到底算不算?

I'm not sure if it counts.

— 海角七号 (2008)

像这种不算紧急的任务,我们通常都不开。

For tasks like this that aren't urgent, we usually don't open them.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

你不算

You don't count.

— 预言者 (2009)

不代表你们现在写的其他书就不算报答。

That doesn’t mean the other books you’re writing now don’t count as a way of giving back.

我不算

I don't count.

— 满江红 (2023)

当然不算

Of course not.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

他们到底算不算男人?

Are they even men?

我正想说,因为这些事在这里不算罪行,我们可能根本不会留意有人在做。

I was just about to say that, since these things aren’t considered crimes here, we might not even notice someone doing them.

送你手机不算对你好

Giving you a phone doesn't count as treating you well.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

他不算老得做不了。

He's not too old to do it.

我不算星辰码头,它在台风过后嘛,已经沉下去了。

I’m not counting Star Pier—it sank after the typhoon.