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大半 meaning in English

dàbàn

more than half; greater part

8 strokes

Meaning of 大半

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

大半 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā大dà半bàn生shēng都dōu住zhù在zài国guó外wài。
He lived abroad for much of his life.
从cóng她tā的de外wài表biǎo上shàng看kàn，我wǒ想xiǎng她tā大dà半bàn是shì个gè有yǒu钱qián人rén。
Judging from her appearance, I think that she's rich.
那nà场chǎng火huǒ灾zāi把bǎ邮yóu车chē上shàng的de邮yóu件jiàn烧shāo掉diào了le一yī大dà半bàn。
The mail train lost most of its mail in the fire.
汤tāng姆mǔ花huā了le大dà半bàn个gè早zǎo晨chén整zhěng理lǐ办bàn公gōng室shì。
Tom spent most of the morning straightening up his office.
我wǒ已yǐ经jīng活huó了le大dà半bàn辈bèi子zi了le。
I've already lived most of my life.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

半 bàn · half · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 大半.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
一半yībànhalf
半年bàn niánhalf a year
半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity

Questions about 大半

What does 大半 mean?

大半 (dàbàn) means "more than half; greater part".

How do you write 大半?

大半 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 半 (5 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.