How to Say ‘About twenty minutes’ in Traditional Chinese
大概二十分鐘
dà gài èr shí fēn zhōng
[dàgài èrshí fēnzhōng]
💬 Usage Tip: In 二十 (èr shí) you use 二, not 兩. 兩 (liǎng) is for counting things directly, as in 兩分鐘 "two minutes", but in bigger numbers like twenty it's 二.
Phrase Breakdown
大概
dà gài
[dàgài]
probably; approximately
Expresses an estimate or likelihood.
大概要等二十分鐘。
It's probably about a twenty-minute wait.
二十分鐘
èr shí fēn zhōng
twenty minutes
二十 (èrshí) means 'twenty'. 分鐘 (fēnzhōng) means 'minutes'.
走路要二十分鐘。
It takes twenty minutes to walk.
Words in this phrase
二十
èr shí
[èrshí]
twenty
Two tens; 'two' placed before 'ten' multiplies it.
我今年二十歲。
I am twenty years old this year.
分鐘
fēn zhōng
[fēnzhōng]
minute
A unit of time; one minute.
走路要十分鐘。
It takes ten minutes on foot.
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