大概

dà gài · da gai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

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2 examples
01

所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)医(yī)药(yào)费(fèi)我(wǒ)大(dà)概(gài)要(yào)付(fù)多(duō)少(shǎo)?

About how much will I have to pay for all the treatments?

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

等(děng)到(dào)警(jǐng)察(chá)来(lái)的(de)时(shí)候(hou),天(tiān)大(dà)概(gài)也(yě)黑(hēi)了(le)吧(ba)。

It will be dark by the time the police come here.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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