No. 2,121 in Chinese
大約
Approximately.
In a sentence
這次旅行的費用大約需要五百元人民幣。
The cost of this trip is approximately five hundred yuan.
Here, '大約' is used to express an estimate or approximation of a numeric value.
我大約會在下午四點到達。
I will arrive at around four o'clock in the afternoon.
In this sentence, '大約' indicates an approximate time of arrival, demonstrating its use in expressing time-related estimates.
這篇文章大約有三千字。
This article contains approximately three thousand words.
Here, '大約' suggests an estimate of the word count, showing its usage to approximate quantities or measurements.
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