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多半

duō bàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

多半 (duō bàn) means "most; mostly; most likely". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 多半 means

1. most
2. mostly
3. most likely

The characters in 多半

• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete

Example sentences

• 她一口气喝下多半杯凉茶。
  Tā yīkǒuqì hē xià duōbàn bēi liángchá.
  She gulped down half her tea in one mouthful.
• 他到了火车站的时候，火车已经开出了差不多半小时。
  When he reached the station, the train had already left almost half an hour before.
• Tatoeba：你收到了一条私信？那你多半是摊上事了……
  Tatoeba: Got a PM? You're probably in trouble...

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