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[dàyuē]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

大约 [dàyuē]

1. adverb [指数量] approximately

我大约有200块钱。

I have approximately 200 yuan.
2. adverb [可能] probably

他大约在上网。

He's probably on the Internet.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

大约 [dàyuē]

1. approximately; about; approx; around; c.;or

大约一小时的路程。

It's about an hour's journey.

大约有十二个人。

There were around a dozen people.
2. probably; roughly

他大约是到车间去了。

He has probably gone to the workshop.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

大约 [dàyuē]

1. 副表示不很精确的估计(多指数量或时间)

这儿离海滨浴场大约二百米

比赛大约安排在下月中旬
2. 副表示对情况的推测

他动身两三天了，大约已经到了吧？
3. 跟"大概"不同，没有名词、形容词用法。

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Examples

大约一小时的路程。: It's about an hour's journey.
种子播下后覆土大约要十厘米厚。: The sown seeds shall be covered with about 10cm of soil.
云南省内大约有一千多个坝子呢。: There are more than 1000 dams across Yunnan.
这片次生林大约有200亩。: Second growth forest covers a land of nearly 200 mu.
大气压大约等于10万帕。: The atmospheric pressure is about 100000 Pa.
他想在这大约两方尺的地方建个花园儿。: He wants to build a garden in this place of about two square chi .
据资料说，一根头发的直径大约是8万纳米。: According to the data, the diameter of hair is about 80,000 nanometers.
这家养鸡场饲养了大约2000只肉用鸡。: The chicken farm has raised about 2,000 broilers.; 132 more results

Collocations

大约能行: maybe I can
大约有20公里: about 20 kilometers

Word Decomposition

大 [dà]	+	约 [yuē]

nciku Note

The adverb as a conveyor of mood

The adverb as a conveyor of mood

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct and should precede the word or words being modified. Verbs or even nouns ending with the character "地" de and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives.

Some adverbs can show the mood of the sentences, such as "可" kě , "幸亏" xìngkuī , "多亏" duōkuī , "难道" nándào , "何尝" hécháng , "居然" jūrán , "究竟" jiūjìng , "到底" dàodǐ , "偏偏" piānpiān , "索性" suǒxìng , "简直" jiǎnzhí , "反正" fǎnzhèng , "却" què , "倒" dào , "也许" yěxǔ , "大约" dàyuē , "好在" hǎozài , "差点儿" chàdiǎnr , "果真" guǒzhēn , "敢情" gǎnqing , "明明" míngmíng , "果然" guǒrán , etc.
(1)你可真厉害啊！
(2) 幸亏我没去。
(3) 多亏有你在。
(4) 难道是我的错？
(5) 他们想家，其实我又何尝不是呢？
(6) 他今天居然没来。
(7) 他们究竟有什么企图？
(8) 你什么时候来不好，偏偏这时候来。
(9) 都这么晚了，他也许不会来了。
(10) 说了半天，敢情你什么也没听进去啊？

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