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Chinese
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general; approximate
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plan; strategy; outline plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize
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trad. (概略)
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概
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略
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simp. #(概略)
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概
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略
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Pronunciation
Noun
概略
- outline; summary
Synonyms
- 事由 (shìyóu) (of an official document)
- 匯總/汇总 (huìzǒng)
- 大綱/大纲 (dàgāng)
- 大要 (dàyào)
- 小結/小结 (xiǎojié)
- 提綱/提纲 (tígāng)
- 提要 (tíyào)
- 摘要 (zhāiyào)
- 撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
- 擇要/择要 (zéyào)
- 梗概 (gěnggài)
- 概括 (gàikuò)
- 概況/概况 (gàikuàng)
- 概要 (gàiyào)
- 概說/概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
- 概貌 (gàimào)
- 概述 (gàishù)
- 綱要/纲要 (gāngyào)
- 綱領/纲领 (gānglǐng)
- 總結/总结 (zǒngjié)
- 總綱/总纲 (zǒnggāng)
- 要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
- 輪廓/轮廓 (lúnkuò)
- 鳥瞰/鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)
Descendants
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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槪略 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Likely from Middle Chinese compound 概略 (gə̀i lɨɐk̚, literally “generally, approximately + brief, abbreviated”).
Pronunciation
Noun
概略 • (gairyaku)
- outline, gist, summary
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN