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gài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gài | gai4
English translation
general
approximate
old variant of gài [gài]
generally, probably, approximately

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About gài

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

gài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of gài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木既

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using gài

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农舍 nóng shè 概述 gài shù ( jiē )

On Cottages in General ( Abridged )

yòng shí 篇幅 piān fu 概述 gài shù le zhè běn Shū .

He summarised the book in ten pages.

这些 zhè xiē 笨蛋 bèn dàn , ” shuì , “ 他们 tā men 大概 dàgài Huán zuì xiàng zhū 一样 yīyàng . ”

'Clumsy fellows,' said I;'they must still be drunk as owls.'

zhè piān 有关 yǒu guān 历史 lìshǐ de 文章 wénzhāng 概述 gài shù le zhè 十年 Zhōng de 重大 zhòngdà 事件 shìjiàn .

The historical article sketched the major events of the decade.

我们 wǒmen 可以 kěyǐ yòng Sān gōu huà lái 概括 gàikuò běn 要点 yàodiǎn .

We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.

Words with gài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
大概 dàgài roughly大概 dàgài
概念 gàiniàn concept概念 gàiniàn
概率 gài lǜ probability (math.)概率 gài lǜ
概括 gàikuò to summarize概括 gàikuò
气概 qìgài mettle氣概
gài general gài
概况 gài kuàng summary概況
一概 yī gài all一概 yī gài
概述 gài shù overview概述 gài shù
概论 gài lùn outline概論
梗概 gěng gài synopsis梗概 gěng gài
一概而论 yī gài ér lùn to lump different matters together (idiom)一概而論
概要 gài yào outline概要 gài yào
以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán to generalize以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán
概率论 gài lǜ lùn probability (math.)概率論
概念化 gài niàn huà conceptualization概念化 gài niàn huà
概览 gài lǎn general overview概覽
概数 gài shù approximate number (两三百, 十幾|十几 shí jǐ , 一千多 etc)概數
概观 gài guān to survey概觀
概括化 gài kuò huà generalization概括化 gài kuò huà
概形 gài xíng scheme (in algebraic geometry)概形 gài xíng

gài Decomposition & Compounds

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gài Decomposition

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