大體

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See also: 大体

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
body; form; style
body; form; style; system
 
trad. (大體)
simp. (大体)

Pronunciation


Noun

大體

  1. general principle; main principle; main thing
  2. (euphemistic) remains; corpse

Synonyms

  • (corpse):

Derived terms

Adverb

大體

  1. in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; in the main
    兩國意見大體一致 [MSC, trad.]
    两国意见大体一致 [MSC, simp.]
    Liǎngguó yìjiàn dàtǐ yīzhì.
    The opinions of the two countries are more or less the same.

Synonyms

Adjective

大體

  1. (medicine, attributive) gross
    大體解剖學大体解剖学  ―  dàtǐ jiěpōuxué  ―  gross anatomy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
たい
Hyōgai
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 大體 – see the following entry.
大体だいたい
general, rough (idea)
almost
approximately
absolutely
(This term, 大體, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

大體 (daeche) (hangeul 대체)

  1. hanja form? of 대체 (main principle; outline)

Adverb

大體 (daeche) (hangeul 대체)

  1. hanja form? of 대체 (almost)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

大體

  1. chữ Hán form of đại thể (general situation).