概 (gài) means In general (summarize). Below are 16 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.
Dictionary examples
他大 概 三点能到。
Tā dàgài sān diǎn néng dào.
He can probably get here around three.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大概
我大 概 知道这件事。
Wǒ dàgài zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.
I know roughly about this matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大概
他大 概 三十岁左右。
Tā dàgài sānshí suì zuǒyòu.
He is about thirty years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 左右
这个 概 念不太好懂。
Zhège gàiniàn bú tài hǎo dǒng.
This concept is not easy to understand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 概念
我对这方面没有 概 念。
Wǒ duì zhè fāngmiàn méiyǒu gàiniàn.
I have no idea about this area.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 概念
这两个 概 念很容易混淆。
Zhè liǎng ge gàiniàn hěn róngyì hùnxiáo.
These two concepts are easily confused.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 混淆
他身上有一股英雄气 概 。
Tā shēnshang yǒu yì gǔ yīngxióng qìgài.
There is a heroic spirit about him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气概
请用一句话 概 括这个故事。
Qǐng yòng yí jù huà gàikuò zhège gùshi.
Please sum up this story in one sentence.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 概括
请先给这个 概 念下一个定义。
Qǐng xiān gěi zhège gàiniàn xià yí ge dìngyì.
Please first give a definition of this concept.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 定义
面对困难要有男子汉的气 概 。
Miànduì kùnnan yào yǒu nánzǐhàn de qìgài.
Face difficulty with a man's mettle.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气概
请用一句话 概 括这段话的大意。
Qǐng yòng yí jù huà gàikuò zhè duàn huà de dàyì.
Please sum up the gist of this passage in one sentence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大意
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From the graded readers
他们笑得很开心，看起来大 概 二十岁左右。
tāmen xiào dehěn kāixīn, kànqǐlái dàgài èrshí suì zuǒyòu.
They were laughing happily and looked about twenty.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我停了大 概 三秒钟——那三秒钟对我来说像三个小时。
wǒ tíng le / liǎo / liào dàgài sān miǎo zhōng—— nà / nèi sān miǎo zhōng duì wǒ láishuō xiàng sān gè xiǎoshí.
I stopped for about three seconds — three seconds that felt like three hours to me.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
From the travel phrasebook
大 概 多少钱？
Dàgài duōshao qián?
Roughly how much will it be?
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
大 概 三十五天到港。
Dàgài sānshíwǔ tiān dào gǎng.
About 35 days to port.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
Words that contain 概
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 概
How is 概 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 概 (gài, "In general (summarize)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 概 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 概 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 概?
The dictionary page for 概 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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