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大部分 meaning in English

dàbùfen

the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]

HSK 2noun17 strokes

Meaning of 大部分

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàbùfen
  1. the greater part; the majority; most
  2. Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]

How to use 大部分

大部分 can stand before a noun, often with 的, or act as an adverb-like subject phrase meaning most of a group. Example: 大部分学生都喜欢这个老师。(Dàbùfen xuésheng dōu xǐhuan zhège lǎoshī.) Most students like this teacher.

Break it into its parts: 大 (dà) big, 部分 (bùfen) part. The big part of something is most of it.

Common mistake: Learners often forget 都 (dōu) after 大部分, but Chinese usually adds it, as in 大部分人都来了 rather than just 大部分人来了. Also, 分 here is neutral tone in mainland speech (dàbùfen), while Taiwan says dàbùfèn.

大部分 in example sentences

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

我wǒ昨zuó天tiān大dà部bù分fèn时shí间jiān在zài家jiā。
I was at home most of the day yesterday.
参cān与yù者zhě大dà部bù分fèn是shì女nǚ性xìng。
The participants were for the most part women.
等děng太tài长zhǎng时shí间jiān让ràng大dà部bù分fèn的de人rén觉jué得de心xīn烦fán。
Waiting for too long makes most people annoyed.
大dà部bù分fèn是shì年nián轻qīng人rén。
They were for the most part young people.
大dà部bù分fèn的de人rén是shì这zhè么me想xiǎng的de。
Most people think so.

Stroke order for each character

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

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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部 bù · ministry · 10 strokes

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分 fēn · to divide · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 大部分.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
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
全部quánbùwhole; all
大人dàrenadult; grownup
分钟fēnzhōngminute
部分bùfenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
一部分yī bùfenportion; part of
十分shífēnvery; completely
分开fēnkāito separate; to part

Questions about 大部分

What does 大部分 mean?

大部分 (dàbùfen) means "the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 大部分?

大部分 is made of 3 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 部 (10 strokes), 分 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 大部分 an HSK word?

Yes. 大部分 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 大部分 and 全部?

大部分 means most, so some are left out. 全部 (quánbù) means all, with nothing left out.

Can I say 大部分时间?

Yes. 大部分时间 (dàbùfen shíjiān) means most of the time, as in 我大部分时间在家。I am at home most of the time.

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