They were for the most part young people.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
大部分
the greater part; the majority; most
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the greater part; the majority; most
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 大部分 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 大部分 appears in 59 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The greater part of the guests were foreigners.
The audience was largely made up of very young children.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 大部分.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大部分.
Directly before
- 把大部分4
- 的大部分2
- 里大部分1
- 味道大部分1
- 邮票大部分1
Directly after
- 大部分的13
- 大部分人6
- 大部分都5
- 大部分时间5
- 大部分是4
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 大部分
What does 大部分 mean in Chinese?
大部分 (dàbùfen) means the greater part; the majority; most.
How do you pronounce 大部分?
大部分 is pronounced dàbùfen.
Is 大部分 an HSK word?
大部分 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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