大概
dàgài
probably, approximately
Part of speech · adverb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 他大概三点能到。He can probably arrive around three o'clock.
- 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
可能也许大约概
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