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How to Say ‘About a minute's walk’ in Traditional Chinese

走過去大概一分鐘

zǒu guò qù dà gài yī fēn zhōng

[zǒu guòqù dàgài yī fēnzhōng]

💬 Usage Tip: Put the way of travelling first, then the time it takes: 走過去 + 大概一分鐘. Swap the start to get 開車過去十分鐘 "ten minutes by car".

Phrase Breakdown

走過去

zǒu guò qù

[zǒu guòqù]

to walk over

To go somewhere on foot.

Example

我們走過去吧。

Let's walk over.

大概一分鐘

dà gài yī fēn zhōng

about one minute

大概 means 'roughly'; 一分鐘 means 'one minute'. 一 becomes yì before 分.

Example

大概一分鐘就到了。

You'll get there in about one minute.

Words in this phrase

大概

dà gài

[dàgài]

about; probably

Approximately.

Example

大概十分鐘。

About ten minutes.

一

yī

[yī]

one

Indicates a single item or unit.

Example

我有一隻貓

I have one cat.

分鐘

fēn zhōng

[fēnzhōng]

minute

A unit of time; one minute.

Example

走路要十分鐘。

It takes ten minutes on foot.

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