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
simp. and trad. (多半)		多	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duōbàn

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: duōbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛㄅㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duobann
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: do¹ bun³
  - Yale: dō bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: do¹ bun³
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ puːn³³/
Min Nan
- (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.

Noun

多半

the greater part

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