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大概

dà gàiㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄞˋ

Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẠI KHÁI

Traditional: 大概

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 3TOCFL 2

Meaning(adverb, noun)

roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea

Examples

  • 从这儿到机场大概要一个小时。

    cóng zhè ér dào jī chǎng dà gài yào yí gè xiǎo shí.

    It takes about an hour from here to the airport.

  • 他大概不来了。

    tā dà gài bù lái le.

    He probably isn't coming.

  • 我只知道个大概。

    wǒ zhī zhī dào gè dà gài.

    I only know the general idea.

Easily confused

  • 也许 — 大概 means both "about" (amount) and "probably"; 也许 only means "maybe", with less certainty.

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Stroke order

ĐẠI · 3 strokes

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

KHÁI · 13 strokes

(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment

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