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大概

dàgài

probably, approximately

Part of speech · adverb

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Examples

  1. 他大概三点能到。
    He can probably arrive around three o'clock.
  2. 我大概明白了你的意思。
    I roughly understand what you mean.

Collocations

大概是大概知道大概三点大概的情况

Mnemonic

大 dà "big/broad" + 概 gài "general": broadly approximate = "probably / roughly." Both a guess and an estimate.

Related

可能也许大约

Quick check

  1. What can 大概 express?

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