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Roughly in Chinese

roughly · HSK 3

大概 dà gài

  1. 大 dà big
  2. 概 gài general

他大概不来了。 He probably isn't coming.

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How do you say roughly in Chinese?

Roughly in Chinese is 大概 (dà gài). You can also say 大致 (dà zhì).

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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