HSK 3Bài 15/15 · 2 điểm ngữ pháp

Estimating quantities

Approximation can be explicit with 大概 or compact with adjacent numbers. The reader must distinguish an estimate from a numeral's ordinary place-value reading. Interpret 两三 as two or three, not twenty-three, when it precedes a duration unit.

Learning goals (2)
  • Approximation with 大概.
  • Adjacent numerals.

大概

Approximation with 大概

大概 before a quantity marks estimation; before a proposition it can instead mark probability.

这里大概有五十个人。

Zhè lǐ dà gài yǒu wǔ shí gè rén.

There are approximately fifty people here.

Thêm

Lỗi hay gặp: Approximate quantity and uncertain truth are related but distinct readings.

相邻数词连用表示概数

Adjacent numerals

Adjacent numbers can approximate a small range, such as 两三天 or 三四个人.

我想住两三天。

Wǒ xiǎng zhù liǎng sān tiān.

I would like to stay two or three days.

Thêm

Lỗi hay gặp: This is not the number twenty-three.

Chi tiết nguồn (đề cương chính thức)
  • Approximation with 大概

    Mục trong đề cương
    概数表达法2:(1)用“大概”表示概数
    Mã ngữ pháp
    grammar-L3-095
    Trang PDF
    394 (trang in 391)
  • Adjacent numerals

    Mục trong đề cương
    (2)相邻数词连用表示概数
    Mã ngữ pháp
    grammar-L3-096
    Trang PDF
    394 (trang in 391)