大半 dàbàn majority Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大半 dàbàn majority numeral more than half; the greater part or most of something 他大半辈子都在国外工作。 tā dàbàn bèizi dōu zài guówài gōngzuò. He has spent most of his life working abroad. probably numeral in all likelihood; most likely 他今天没来,大半是生病了。 tā jīntiān méi lái, dàbàn shì shēngbìng le. He didn't come today; he is most likely sick. Frequency Movie subtitles 3.43 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 11.9 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
大半 dàbàn majority numeral more than half; the greater part or most of something 他大半辈子都在国外工作。 tā dàbàn bèizi dōu zài guówài gōngzuò. He has spent most of his life working abroad. probably numeral in all likelihood; most likely 他今天没来,大半是生病了。 tā jīntiān méi lái, dàbàn shì shēngbìng le. He didn't come today; he is most likely sick. Frequency Movie subtitles 3.43 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 11.9 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)