大体

大体 dàtǐ in a sentence

Roughly about (fundamental principle)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

大体 (dàtǐ) means Roughly about (fundamental principle). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

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他的说法 大体 上是对的。

Tā de shuōfǎ dàtǐ shang shì duì de.

What he says is broadly correct.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大体

两份报告的结论 大体 相同。

Liǎng fèn bàogào de jiélùn dàtǐ xiāngtóng.

The conclusions of the two reports are more or less the same.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大体

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How is 大体 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 大体 (dàtǐ, "Roughly about (fundamental principle)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 大体 an HSK word?

Yes — 大体 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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