"Roughly" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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大概 dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
大致 dà zhì more or less / roughly / approximately
略略 lu:è lu:è slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally
大略 dà lu:è a broad outline / the general idea / roughly
要略 yào lu:è roughly / outline / summary
较略 jiào lu:è approximately / roughly / about
开本 kāi běn book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° / etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shi2 liu4 kai1] is roughly A4) / abbr. to 開|开[kai1]
五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
徵 zhǐ 4th note in pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also 徵|征[zheng1]
旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom) / fig. evenly matched / roughly comparable (opponents)
合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
宫商角徵羽 gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
约略估计 yuē lu:è gū jì approximate estimate / to reckon roughly
合四乙尺工 hé sì yǐ chě gōng names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
粗分 cū fēn broad classification / (when followed by 為|为[wei2]) to roughly divide (into category A, category B, ...)
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