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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Adverb
1.2.1
Synonyms
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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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
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
duōbàn
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
do
1
bun
3
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
to͘-pòaⁿ
/
to-pòaⁿ
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
duōbàn
Zhuyin
:
ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄢˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
duobàn
Wade–Giles
:
to
1
-pan
4
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
:
ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
duobànr
Wade–Giles
:
to
1
-pan
4
-ʼrh
Yale
:
dwō-bànr
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
duoball
Palladius
:
добаньр
(dobanʹr)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
do
1
bun
3
Yale
:
d
ō
bun
Cantonese Pinyin
:
do
1
bun
3
Guangdong Romanization
:
do
1
bun
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tɔː
⁵⁵
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
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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
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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
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多半
more
than
half
; the
greater
part
Synonyms
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大半
(
dàbàn
)