粵

大daai6約joek3

simp大约
daai6 joek3dà yuē

English

  1. approximately
  2. (adverb) About
  3. approximately; around; about; roughly
  4. probably

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 數字未必準確,同真實會有少少落差

Examples

  • 佢大約五十歲。

    He is around fifty years old.

  • 條橋大約有一咪長。

    The bridge is approximately a mile long.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢間宿舍大約住咗五百人。

    About five hundred students live in this dormitory.

  • 一碗飯大約一百八十克咁重。

    A bowl of rice is about 180 grams.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 我大約一個鐘之前見到佢哋八個。

    I saw all eight of them about an hour ago.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我哋嘅身體有大約三分之二係水。

    Around two-thirds of our body is made up of water.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我哋想知呢個計劃大約要用幾多錢。

    We want to know what this project is going to cost us.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 證人話嗰個破壞公物嘅人大約十八歲。

    The witness says that the vandal was around 18 years old.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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