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Jyutping daai6 joek3
Pinyin dà yuē

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. approximately
  2. probably
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (adverb) About
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    數字​未必​準確​,​同真​實會​有​少少​落差
    approximately; around; about; roughly
    • 佢大約五十歲。
      佢大约五十岁。
      keoi5 daai6 joek3 ng5 sap6 seoi3.
      He is around fifty years old.
    • 呢間宿舍大約住咗五百人。
      呢间宿舍大约住咗五百人。
      ni1 gaan1 suk1 se5 daai6 joek3 zyu6 zo2 ng5 baak3 jan4.
      About five hundred students live in this dormitory.
  2. 近義詞
    大概、差唔多
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
    (syn.) 左右, 模樣, 大概, 前后, 光景, 参差, 约摸, 模样, 前後, 大抵, 約略, 參差, 约略, 約摸, 上下, 大致, 大約摸, 大率, 大约摸
  2. adv
    probably; likely
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 三级词汇表 #129
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她班上大约有40个学生。
    她班上大約有40個學生。
    tā bān shàng dà yuē yǒu 40 gè xué sheng 。
    • There are about forty students in her class.
    • There are about forty pupils in her class.
  2. Mandarin
    我走了大约1英里(路)。
    我走了大約1英里(路)。
    wǒ zǒu le dà yuē 1 yīng lǐ ( lù )。
    • I walked about 1 mile.
  3. Mandarin
    大约两周内。
    大約兩週內。
    dà yuē liǎng zhōu nèi 。
    • In about two weeks.
    • It's within about two weeks.
  4. Mandarin
    一英里大约是1600米。
    一英里大約是1600米。
    yī yīng lǐ dà yuē shì 1600 mǐ 。
    • A mile is equal to about 1,600 meters.
    • A mile is about 1,600 meters.
  5. Mandarin
    公车上大约有三十几个人。
    公車上大約有三十幾個人。
    gōng chē shàng dà yuē yǒu sān shí jǐ ge rén 。
    • Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    条桥大约有一咪长。
    條橋大約有一咪長。
    tiu4 kiu4 daai6 joek3 jau5 jat1 mai6 zoeng2 。
    • The bridge is approximately a mile long.
  2. Cantonese
    我哋想知呢个计划大约要用几多钱。
    我哋想知呢個計劃大約要用幾多錢。
    ngo5 dei2 soeng2 zi1 nei4 go3 gai3 waak6 daai6 joek3 jiu3 jung6 gei2 do1 cin2 。
    • We want to know what this project is going to cost us.
  3. Cantonese
    我大约一个钟之前见到佢哋八个。
    我大約一個鐘之前見到佢哋八個。
    ngo5 daai6 joek3 jat1 go3 zung1 zi1 cin4 gin3 dou3 keoi5 dei2 baat3 go3 。
    • I saw all eight of them about an hour ago.
  4. Cantonese
    我哋嘅身体有大约三分之二系水。
    我哋嘅身體有大約三分之二係水。
    ngo5 dei2 ge3 san1 tai2 jau5 daai6 joek3 saam1 fan1 zi1 ji6 hai6 seoi2 。
    • Around two-thirds of our body is made up of water.
  5. Cantonese
    证人话𠮶个破坏公物嘅人大约十八岁。
    證人話嗰個破壞公物嘅人大約十八歲。
    zing3 jan4 waa2 go2 go3 po3 waai6 gung1 mat6 ge3 jan4 daai6 joek3 sap6 baat3 seoi3 。
    • The witness says that the vandal was around 18 years old.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一滴水大约有十万亿亿个水分子。
    一滴水大約有十萬億億個水分子。
    jat1 dik6 seoi2 daai6 joek3 jau5 sap6 maan6 jik1 jik1 go3 seoi2 fan6 zi2.
    • There are about a sextillion water molecules in a drop.
  2. Cantonese
    渔农自然护理署每年都会捕捉到大约二百只野猪。
    漁農自然護理署每年都會捕捉到大約二百隻野豬。
    jyu4 nung4 zi6 jin4 wu6 lei5 cyu5 mui5 nin4 dou1 wui5 bou6 zuk1 dou2 dai6 joek3 ji6 baak3 zek3 je5 zyu1.
    • The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department catches approximately two hundred wild boars a year.
  3. Cantonese
    呢次山泥倾泻淹没咗大约二百间屋。
    呢次山泥傾瀉淹沒咗大約二百間屋。
    nei1 ci3 saan1 nai4 king1 se3 jim1 mut6 zo2 daai6 joek3 ji6 baak3 gaan1 uk1.
    • The landslide had buried about 200 houses.
  4. Cantonese
    佢大约五十岁。
    佢大約五十歲。
    keoi5 daai6 joek3 ng5 sap6 seoi3.
    • He is around fifty years old.
  5. Cantonese
    呢间宿舍大约住咗五百人。
    呢間宿舍大約住咗五百人。
    ni1 gaan1 suk1 se5 daai6 joek3 zyu6 zo2 ng5 baak3 jan4.
    • About five hundred students live in this dormitory.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    民间团体调查最后发现其中大约有三成的病患合并感染C型肝炎。
    民間團體調查最後發現其中大約有三成的病患合併感染C型肝炎。
    mín jiān tuán tǐ diào chá zuì hòu fā xiàn qí zhōng dà yuē yǒu sān chéng de bìng huàn hé bìng gǎn rǎn C xíng gān yán .
    • Results from a non-governmental organization survey discovered that approximately thirty percent of the patients had also contracted hepatitis C.
  2. Mandarin
    中华民族的发展(这里说的主要地是汉族的发展),和世界上别的许多民族同样,曾经经过了若干万年的无阶级的原始公社的生活。而从原始公社崩溃,社会生活转入阶级生活那个时代开始,经过奴隶社会、封建社会,直到现在,已有了大约四千年之久。
    中華民族的發展(這裏説的主要地是漢族的發展),和世界上別的許多民族同樣,曾經經過了若干萬年的無階級的原始公社的生活。而從原始公社崩潰,社會生活轉入階級生活那個時代開始,經過奴隸社會、封建社會,直到現在,已有了大約四千年之久。
    zhōng huá mín zú de fā zhǎn ( zhè lǐ shuō de zhǔ yào de shì hàn zú de fā zhǎn ) , hé shì jiè shàng bié de xǔ duō mín zú tóng yàng , céng jīng jīng guò le ruò gān wàn nián de wú jiē jí de yuán shǐ gōng shè de shēng huó . ér cóng yuán shǐ gōng shè bēng kuì , shè huì shēng huó zhuǎn rù jiē jí shēng huó nà ge shí dài kāi shǐ , jīng guò nú lì shè huì , fēng jiàn shè huì , zhí dào xiàn zài , yǐ yǒu le dà yuē sì qiān nián zhī jiǔ .
    • Developing along the same lines as many other nations of the world, the Chinese people (here we refer mainly to the Hans) went through many thousands of years of life in classless primitive communes. Some 4,000 years have gone by since the collapse of these primitive communes and the transition to class society, which took the form first of slave and then of feudal society.
  3. Mandarin
    大约自上世纪70年代开始,中国大陆电影、电视剧里出现的蒋介石角色,骂人时经常「娘希匹」脱口而出,这些戏剧营造的形象在大陆深入人心。
    大約自上世紀70年代開始,中國大陸電影、電視劇裡出現的蔣介石角色,罵人時經常「娘希匹」脫口而出,這些戲劇營造的形象在大陸深入人心。
    dà yuē zì shàng shì jì 70 nián dài kāi shǐ , zhōng guó dà lù diàn yǐng , diàn shì jù lǐ chū xiàn de jiǎng jiè shí jiǎo sè , mà rén shí jīng cháng “ niáng xī pǐ ” tuō kǒu ér chū , zhè xiē xì jù yíng zào de xíng xiàng zài dà lù shēn rù rén xīn .
    • Approximately from the 1970s, the character of Chiang Kai-shek in Mainland Chinese movies and television dramas often hurled "niang xi pi" (fuck your mother) when swearing others. Such perception created by dramatic art is well-known in the Mainland.