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

(Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ rhog
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dai⁵ yorh⁶ / dai⁵ yoeh⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-iok / tāi-iak
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶da-iaq₇

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^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ i̯ok̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-yok
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai (r)iog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ (j)i̯ok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ rhog
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ ʒok⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ yorh⁶ [Phonetic: dai⁴ yorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dāi-io̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai¹¹⁻⁴² yɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dai⁵ yoeh⁶ [Phonetic: dai⁴ yoeh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²¹⁻⁴² yøʔ²/
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-iaq₇
  - MiniDict: da^去 iah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-iaq₄
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² iaʔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

大約

approximately; about; or so; or thereabouts
probably; likely

Synonyms

(about):

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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)
大約摸捉 / 大约摸捉 (Shanghainese)
大約莫 / 大约莫 (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)
約莫 / 约莫 (yuēmo)

(probably):

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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

(attributive) approximate; rough
大約的數目／大约的数目 ― dàyuē de shùmù ― approximate amount

Synonyms

大概 (dàgài)