大概

dàgài

A1 Level 3 ★ Core word
Adverb

大概 (dàgài) is a Chinese word meaning “roughly”. It sits at TOCFL Level 3 (CEFR A1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

從這裡到車站大概要十分鐘。

It takes about ten minutes from here to the station.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).