大约(dà yuē)

HSK 32 charactersTrad. 大約

approximately

Character breakdown

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Word information

Pinyin
dà yuē
Meaning
approximately
HSK level
HSK 3
Characters
2
Traditional
大約

Appears in lessons

大约 is taught in these textbook lessons.

Example sentences

How 大约 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 大约下一星期的雨。

    dà yuē xià yī xīng qī de yǔ

    It's been raining for around a week.

  • 汤姆时薪大约三十美元。

    tāng mǔ shí xīn dà yuē sān shí měi yuán

    Tom makes about thirty dollars an hour.

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