Chinese word dictionary

多半

duōbàn · most; mostly; most likely

Practice word

Word information

Simplified多半

Traditional多半

Pinyinduōbàn

Part of speech数、副

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

多duō

much, many, multi-; more than, over

半bàn

half; semi-, incomplete

How to learn 多半

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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半bàn

half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

多duō

many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

多少duōshao

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

一半yíbàn

half

半天bàntiān

half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]

差不多chàbuduō

almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad