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大概

dàgài

probably; roughly

A person guessing an amount
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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

概 gài

Strokes
13
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 既 already, since, then
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 概

Example phrases

  • 他大概在家。 Tā dàgài zài jiā. He is probably at home.
  • 大概三点来。 Dàgài sān diǎn lái. Come at about three o'clock.
  • 我大概知道。 Wǒ dàgài zhīdào. I roughly know.

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