(dà gài) - probably, roughly, approximately in Mandarin
dàgàiTraditional: 大概
Translation
probably, roughly, approximately
Word origin
The word 大概 combines 大 'big, general' with 概 'general, approximate'. 概 is a phono-semantic compound with the 木 (wood) radical, originally a levelling stick used to strike off grain measures, hence 'roughly, in general'. Together they mean 'probably, approximately'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 大 (dà, big) + 概 (gài, general: 木 wood radical)
Stroke order
大
概
Examples
。
He probably won't come.
百。
This book is roughly a hundred yuan.
。
I roughly know the answer.
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He will probably arrive at ten.
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