大
概

Roughly in Chinese: 大概 (dà gài)

dà gài

roughly

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1roughly
  2. 2probably
  3. 3rough
  4. 4approximate
  5. 5about
  6. 6general idea

Stroke order

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大
概

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄞˋ

gài

ㄍ/ gㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我大概懂了。

    wǒ dà gài dǒng le。

    I sort of understand.

  • 下午大概天转晴。

    xià wǔ dà gài tiān zhuǎn qíng。

    The sky will probably turn clear in the afternoon.

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Related words

大

dà

big

大家

dà jiā

everyone

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

大型

dà xíng

large

概括

gài kuò

to summarize

概念

gài niàn

concept

广大

guǎng dà

(of an area) vast or extensive

巨大

jù dà

huge

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