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-
Related words
- 大 dà — big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 大家 dà jiā — everyone; influential family; great expert
- 大概 dà gài — roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 大约 dà yuē — approximately; probably
- 扩大 kuò dà — to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
- 大夫 dài fu — doctor; physician
- 大使馆 dà shǐ guǎn — embassy
- 伟大 wěi dà — huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)