粵

大daai6概koi3

daai6 koi3daai6 koi2dà gài

English

  1. roughly
  2. probably
  3. rough
  4. approximate
  5. about
  6. general idea
  7. approximately; roughly; about

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 表示揣測,同真實情況有少少、輕微分別

Examples

  • 我唔見咗大概八毫子。

    I've lost about 80 cents.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 雖然我淨係喺網上睇咗幾篇新聞,但係都大概知道咗成件事嘅來龍去脈。

    I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我大概懂了。

    I sort of understand.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 下午大概天转晴。

    The sky will probably turn clear in the afternoon.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 她大概不会来了。

    It isn't likely that she will come.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 我想他大概60岁

    I think he's about 60 years old.

    Tatoeba · Connum CC BY

  • 佢大概年齡幾多?

    How old is he roughly?

  • 嗰度大概有五十人喺度。

    There were approximately fifty people there.

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

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