đại khái
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 大概.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ xaːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ kʰaːj˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɗaːj˨˩ʔ xaːj˨˩˦]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ kʰaːj˦˥] ~ [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ xaːj˦˥]
Adverb edit
- (literally) The big idea.
- In general; generally.
- overall
Adjective edit
- (by extension) perfunctory