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大多 (dà duō): mostly

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5adverb

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
mostly
Characters
2
Part of speech
adverb
HSK level
HSK 5

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • for the most part
  • many
  • most
  • the greater part
  • mostly

Chinese explanation

  • 表示某范围内的大部分人或事物,相当于“大部分”或“多数情况”。例如,这里的学生大多是本地人,意思是这里的学生里多数是本地人。它常用来概括整体中的多数情况,不强调全部。
  • 也可以表示可能性很高,相当于“很可能”。例如,他今天没来,大多是生病了,意思是根据情况推测他很可能是生病了。

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Character breakdown

HSK 1

big

HSK 1

many

Example sentences

,。

Most of our classmates come from the south; only I and two other classmates are from the north.

,。

These apples are mostly fully ripe; you can pick them and eat them directly.

,。

On weekends, I mostly stay at home reading or watching movies; I rarely go out shopping.

,。

Most of the people attending the meeting are senior managers of the company; ordinary employees rarely have the chance to attend.

,。

Winters here are mostly very cold, but last year was unexpectedly warm.

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