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大多

dà duōㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẠI ĐA

Traditional: 大多

HSK 3.0 · 5

Meaning(adverb, numeral)

for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly

Examples

  • 我们班的学生大多是越南人。

    wǒ men bān de xué shēng dà duō shì yuè nán rén.

    Most students in our class are Vietnamese.

  • 周末他大多在家看书。

    zhōu mò tā dà duō zài jiā kàn shū.

    On weekends he mostly stays home reading.

  • 这些水果大多是进口的。

    zhè xiē shuǐ guǒ dà duō shì jìn kǒu de.

    Most of this fruit is imported.

Easily confused

  • 大多数 — 大多数 can modify nouns (大多数人); 大多 usually sits before the predicate like an adverb.

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Stroke order

ĐẠI · 3 strokes

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

ĐA · 6 strokes

many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-