About in Chinese
about · HSK 3
大概
- 大 big
- 概 general
他大概不来了。 He probably isn't coming.
Other ways to say about
More words with 大 or 概
How do you say about in Chinese?
About in Chinese is 大概 (dà gài). You can also say 关于 (guān yú), 大约 (dà yuē), 对于 (duì yú), 约 (yuē).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.