大約

See also: 大约

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (大約)		大	約
simp. (大约)		大	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ joek³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-yok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-iok / tāi-iak
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶da-iaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàyue
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-yüeh¹
    • Yale: dà-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahiue
    • Palladius: даюэ (dajue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ joek³
    • Yale: daaih yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jœːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai<sup>4</sup> yog<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ i̯ok̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yok
    • Hakka Romanization System: tai (r)iog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i̯ok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-iok
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-iak
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixiag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ iak̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶da-iaq
    • MiniDict: da^去 iah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-iaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² iaʔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

大約

1. approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
2. probably; likely

Synonyms

• (about):

• 上下 (shàngxià)
• 光景 (guāngjǐng)
• 前後／前后 (qiánhòu) (of a point in or period of time)
• 參差／参差 (cēncī) (literary)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大率 (dàshuài) (literary)
• 大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 大致 (dàzhì)
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 模樣／模样
• 無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)
• 約摸／约摸 (yuēmo)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)

 

• (probably):

• 博濟／博济 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 多半 (duōbàn)
• 多半兒／多半儿 (duōbànr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 大半 (dàbàn)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
• 想必 (xiǎngbì)
• 無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)

 

Adjective

大約

1. (attributive) approximate; rough

   大約的數目／大约的数目  ―  dàyuē de shùmù  ―  approximate amount

Synonyms

• 大概 (dàgài)