大半

dàbàn
  1. more than half
  2. greater part
  3. most
  4. probably
  5. most likely

CEDICT

  1. more than half; the greater part
  2. very likely; most probably

Wiktionary

  1. 過半數、大多數。
  2. 大概。如：「我想他大半不會來了。」也作「多半」。

重編國語辭典

Examples

我已经活了大半辈子了。

I've already lived most of my life.

Source: Tatoeba

湯姆花了大半箇早晨整理辦公室。

Tom spent most of the morning straightening up his office.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
2 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half

Containing this entry

大半夜 dàbànyè the middle of the night
大半生 dàbànshēng
大半天 dàbàntiān
一大半 yīdàbàn

Related entries

半數以上 bànshùyǐshàng more than half
太半 tàibàn
  1. more than half
  2. a majority
  3. most
  4. mostly
泰半 tàibàn
  1. more than half
  2. a majority
  3. most
  4. mostly
過半 guòbàn
  1. over fifty percent
  2. more than half
有過半數的居民反對這個計劃。

More than half the residents are opposed to the plan.

Source: Tatoeba

多半 duōbàn
  1. most
  2. mostly
  3. most likely
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