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Most in Chinese: 多半 (duō bàn)

duō bàn

most

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1most
  2. 2mostly
  3. 3most likely

Stroke order

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多
半

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他这个时候多半已经睡了。

    tā zhè ge shí hòu duō bàn yǐ jīng shuì le。

    At this hour he is most likely already asleep.

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Related words

多

duō

many

半

bàn

half

多少

duō shǎo

number

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

许多

xǔ duō

many

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

多余

duō yú

superfluous

半年

bàn nián

half a year

半天

bàn tiān

half of the day

一半

yī bàn

half

半夜

bàn yè

midnight

多久

duō jiǔ

(of time) how long?

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