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Chinese symbol for “roughly”

大概
dà gài
roughly; probably; rough; approximate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for roughly is 大概 (dà gài), defined as: roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
概 gài
generally, probably, approximately
radical 75 ⽊ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “roughly”

WordPinyinMeaning
大致dà zhìmore or less; roughly; approximately
要略yào lüèroughly; outline
略略lüè lüèslightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
大略dà lüèa broad outline; the general idea
较略 (較略)jiào lüèapproximately; roughly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大概.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
概念gài niànconcept; idea
概率gài lǜprobability (math.)

See also: Japanese symbol for “roughly”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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