粵

概koi3括kut3

koi3 kut3gài kuò

English

  1. to summarize; to generalize
  2. broad; general
  3. to summarize; to use relatively few words to describe something relatively complicated or relatively detailed
  4. briefly; in broad outline

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 廣泛;一般;形容包括得嘅都係比較普遍嘅概念
  2. 將某啲複雜或者詳細嘅嘢濃縮,淨係簡單噉表達重點

Examples

  • 概括而言

    in brief; in general

  • 概括嘅土地用途模式

    broad land use pattern

  • 內容可以概括成以下幾點。

    The contents can be summarized into the following points.

  • 你可唔可以概括噉講下啲重點?

    Can you summarize the main points, please?

  • 用字非常概括,欠缺實質內容。

    The terms are broad and the content lacks substance.

  • 政府嘅呢個網頁概括咗香港嘅管治概況。

    The government's web page covers the scope of governance in Hong Kong.

  • 好多人嘅生命用三個字就概括到:食,痾,瞓。

    The meaning of life for most people fits into three letters: ESS - eat, shit, sleep.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 美國是一個可以用一個字來概括的國家。我曾與習近平主席一起在喜馬拉雅山麓。

    America is a nation that can be defined in a single word. I was in the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

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

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