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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

大半

dàbàn

more than half

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

more than half

02

greater part

03

most

04

probably

05

most likely

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 大半 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 大半 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

从她的外表上看,我想她大半是个有钱人。cóng tā de wài biǎo shàng kàn, wǒ xiǎng tā dà bàn shì gè yǒu qián rén。

Judging from her appearance, I think that she's rich.

我的人生已过去了大半。wǒ de rén shēng yǐ guò qù le dà bàn。

No published English translation for this sentence.

Tom大半的人生都在波士顿(Boston)度过。Tom dà bàn de rén shēng dōu zài bō shì dùn (Boston) dù guò。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 大半.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大半.

Directly before

  • 了大半2
  • 她大半1

Directly after

  • 大半是1
  • 大半的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 大半

What does 大半 mean in Chinese?

大半 (dàbàn) means more than half.

How do you pronounce 大半?

大半 is pronounced dàbàn.

Is 大半 an HSK word?

大半 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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