Word: 左右 (zuǒyòu) approximately

These are the example sentences using 左右 in the sense approximately. Every sentence using 左右 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Example sentences using 左右 in this sense

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世界上的人口60亿左右。

Shìjiè shàng de rénkǒu liùshí yì zuǒyòu.

There are about 6 billion people in the world.
他五点左右会回来。

Tā wǔ diǎn zuǒyòu huì huílai.

He'll be back by five o'clock.
他会在四点左右到这里。

Tā huì zài sì diǎn zuǒyòu dào zhèlǐ.

He'll be here around four o'clock.
他六点左右要给我打电话。

Tā liù diǎn zuǒyòu yào gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.

He will call for me about six.
他应该40岁左右吧。

Tā yīnggāi sìshí suì zuǒyòu ba.

He must be about forty.
我七点左右来就可以了吧？

Wǒ qī diǎn zuǒyòu lái jiù kěyǐ le ba?

Would it suffice if I came around 7?
我三时左右随便吃了点东西。

Wǒ sān shí zuǒyòu suíbiàn chīle diǎn dōngxi.

I had a bite at around 3 o'clock.
我两点半左右打电话过来好吗？

Wǒ liǎng diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà guòlái hǎo ma?

May I call around 2:30?
我会在5点左右打电话给你。

Wǒ huì zài wǔ diǎn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà gěi nǐ.

I'll call you around five o'clock.
我六点左右起床。

Wǒ liù diǎn zuǒyòu qǐchuáng.

I got up at about six.
我在五时左右起了床。

Wǒ zài wǔ shí zuǒyòu qǐle chuáng.

I got up about five.
我在10点左右去睡觉。

Wǒ zài shí diǎn zuǒyòu qù shuìjiào.

I went to sleep about 10 o'clock.
日本人口是台湾人口的五倍左右。

Rìběn rénkǒu shì Táiwān rénkǒu de wǔ bèi zuǒyòu.

The population of Japan is about five times that of Taiwan.
能麻烦您等一个小时左右吗？

Néng máfan nín děng yí gè xiǎoshí zuǒyòu ma?

Can you wait about an hour?
请在七点半左右打电话给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.
请在七点半左右打给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎ gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.
这封信约一个星期左右到达。

Zhè fēng xìn yuē yí gè xīngqī zuǒyòu dàodá.

The letter will arrive in a week or so.
这座古桥建于公元六百年左右。

Zhè zuò gǔ qiáo jiàn yú gōngyuán liù bǎinián zuǒyòu.

This ancient bridge was built around 600 CE.
雾在十时左右开始散了。

Wù zài shí shí zuǒyòu kāishǐ sànle.

The fog began to disappear around ten o'clock.