大部分(dà bù fen): the greater part
the greater part
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- dà bù fen
- Meaning
- the greater part; the majority; most
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 3
- Traditional
- Same
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Example sentences
How 大部分 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
大部分是年轻人。
dà bù fen shì nián qīng rén
They were for the most part young people.
大部分人都挺冷漠。
dà bù fen rén dōu tǐng lěng mò
The majority of people are quite indifferent.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 大部分 — tap one to open its word page.
not very (clear, far away etc); not too
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
university student; college student
whole; all
(exam) grade
part; portion; piece
minute
to separate
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