HSK 6 · Function Words

大致 dàzhì “roughly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大致 means

  1. roughly
  2. more or less
  3. approximately

How to say 大致

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale致zhì4th tone, falling

大致 in a sentence

  1. 这个项目我大致了解。

    Zhè ge xiàngmù wǒ dàzhì liǎojiě.

    I have a rough idea of this project.

    Sentence #353583 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的汉语并不完美，但能大致听懂他所说的。

    Wǒ de Hànyǔ bìng bù wánměi, dàn néng dàzhì tīngdǒng tā suǒ shuō de.

    My Chinese is far from perfect, but I can roughly understand everything he is saying.

    Sentence #5112268 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我不喜欢茶，所以我早餐大致上都喝咖啡。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan chá, suǒyǐ wǒ zǎocān dàzhì shàng dōu hē kāfēi.

    I don’t like tea, so I generally have coffee for breakfast.

    Sentence #794158 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 大致 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 致 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
致zhìfine; delicate; exquisite
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 大致

大 3 strokes · 致 10 strokes

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大致 (dàzhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 大致 (dàzhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 大致

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

Words with 致

导致dǎozhì · to lead to一致yízhì · consistent致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)别致biézhì · unique精致jīngzhì · exquisite细致xìzhì · careful致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to以致yǐzhì · with the result that致使zhìshǐ · to cause兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

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大不了dàbuliǎo · at worst当面dāngmiàn · face to face大肆dàsì · wantonly大体dàtǐ · on the whole栋dòng · measure word for buildings而已éryǐ · that’s all番fān · (measure word for actions or efforts)凡是fánshì · every

FAQs

大致 (dàzhì) means “roughly” or “more or less”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàzhì: dà with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大致 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dazhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大致 from the suggestions. Typing dazhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大致 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.