多半

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (多半)		多	半
simp. ^#(多半)		多	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ bun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to͘-pòaⁿ / to-pòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duobàn
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-pan⁴
  - Yale: dwō-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duobann
  - Palladius: добань (dobanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (多半兒／多半儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duōbànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄅㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duobànr
  - Wade–Giles: to¹-pan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dwō-bànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoball
  - Palladius: добаньр (dobanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ bun³
  - Yale: dō bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ puːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: too-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: do'pvoax
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ puã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: to-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doi'pvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² puã²¹/

Adverb

多半

probably; most likely
如果一件事情好到不像是真的，多半不是真的。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Rúguǒ yī jiàn shìqíng hǎo dào bù xiàng shì zhēn de, duōbàn bù shì zhēn de. [Pinyin]
If something sounds too good to be true it probably is.

Synonyms

博濟／博济 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
多半兒／多半儿 (duōbànr) (Beijing Mandarin)
大半 (dàbàn)
大概 (dàgài)
大約／大约 (dàyuē)
大約摸／大约摸 (dàyuēmō) (colloquial)
想必 (xiǎngbì)
無慮／无虑 (wúlǜ) (literary)

Noun

多半

more than half; the greater part

Synonyms

大半 (dàbàn)

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