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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “roughly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大致 | dà zhì | more or less; roughly; approximately |
| 要略 | yào lüè | roughly; outline |
| 略略 | lüè lüè | slightly; roughly; briefly; very generally |
| 大略 | dà lüè | a broad outline; the general idea |
| 较略 (較略) | jiào lüè | approximately; roughly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大概.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 概念 | gài niàn | concept; idea |
| 概率 | gài lǜ | probability (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.