大约

Character by character

• 大dà3 strokesHSK 1big, great, vast, large, high
• 约yuē6 strokesHSK 3 traditional 約treaty, agreement, covenant

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 大约两周内。

  Dà yuē liǎng zhōu nèi

  In about two weeks.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 大约. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 大dàHSK 1

  big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

• 大家dà jiāHSK 2

  everyone; influential family; great expert

• 约yuēHSK 3

  to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise

• 大学dà xuéHSK 1

  university; college

• 伟大wěi dàHSK 3

  huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)

• 长大zhǎng dàHSK 2

  to grow up

• 巨大jù dàHSK 4

  huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous

• 大概dà gàiHSK 3

  roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea

• 重大zhòng dàHSK 3

  great; important; major; significant

• 大量dà liàngHSK 2

  great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous

• 强大qiáng dàHSK 3

  large; formidable; powerful; strong

• 大部分dà bù fenHSK 2

  in large part; the greater part; the majority

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 大人dà renHSK 2

  adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors

• 大会dà huìHSK 4

  general assembly; general meeting; convention

• 大赛dà sàiHSK 6

  grand contest

• 大型dà xíngHSK 4

  large; large-scale

• 大师dà shīHSK 6

  great master; master

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang

• 大声dà shēngHSK 2

  loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly

• 大脑dà nǎoHSK 5

  brain; cerebrum

• 大事dà shìHSK 5

  major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way

• 大大dà dàHSK 2

  greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle

• 大门dà ménHSK 2

  entrance; door; gate; large and influential family