Definition

1. Verb:
   • To calculate roughly, to estimate: To perform a calculation or make a judgment about an amount, number, or value without precise data or detailed measurement, aiming for an approximate result.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy phỏng tính chi phí cho chuyến đi. (He estimated the cost for the trip.)
  • Chúng tôi chỉ có thể phỏng tính số người tham dự. (We can only roughly calculate the number of attendees.)
  • Hãy phỏng tính xem cần bao nhiêu gạo. (Please estimate how much rice is needed.)

Advanced Usage

• "phỏng tính sơ bộ": to make a preliminary/initial estimate.
  • Nhóm kiến trúc sư đang phỏng tính sơ bộ ngân sách xây dựng. (The architects are making a preliminary estimate of the construction budget.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tính toán (verb): to calculate, to compute. (This is a more general term for calculation, which can be precise or approximate.)
• Ước tính (verb): to estimate, to approximate. (A close synonym, often used interchangeably with "phỏng tính".)
• Phỏng đoán (verb): to guess, to conjecture. (Focuses more on guessing based on intuition rather than calculation.)

Synonyms

• Ước lượng: to gauge, to estimate.
• Đoán chừng: to make a guess, to estimate roughly.

Related Phrases

• Phỏng tính sai số: to estimate the margin of error.
  • Việc phỏng tính sai số là rất quan trọng trong thí nghiệm. (Estimating the margin of error is very important in the experiment.)

1. Calculate roughly, estimate