大多 dà duō — for the most part

Meanings

1. 1

   for the most part

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

   adverb

Character breakdown

• 大

  dà (fourth tone, falling) dài (fourth tone, falling)

  big, large; (of age) old; greatly, very; (dài) only in 大夫 dàifu, a doctor

  3 strokesRadical 大
• 多

  duō (first tone, high and level)

  many, much; more; how (in questions of degree: 多大, 多远)

  6 strokes⿱夕夕Radical 夕

Words containing 大

• 大dà (fourth tone, falling)big, large
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 大学/大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
• 大概dàgài (fourth tone, falling)probably, roughly, approximately
• 伟大/偉大wěi (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 长大/長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
• 巨大jù (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)huge
• 重大zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 大量dà (fourth tone, falling) liàng (fourth tone, falling)great amount
• 强大/強大qiáng (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling)large
• 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 大约/大約dà (fourth tone, falling) yuē (first tone, high and level)approximately
• 大人dà (fourth tone, falling) ren (neutral tone)adult
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 大赛/大賽dà (fourth tone, falling) sài (fourth tone, falling)grand contest
• 大型dà (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)large
• 大师/大師dà (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)great master

Words containing 多

• 多duō (first tone, high and level)many, much, a lot
• 多少duōshao (first tone, high and level)how many, how much
• 许多/許多xǔ (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
• 好多hǎo (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level)many
• 多么/多麼duōme (first tone, high and level)how …! (exclamatory)
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 多久duō (first tone, high and level) jiǔ (third tone, dipping)(of time) how long?
• 多年duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising)many years
• 多数/多數duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)majority; most
• 多次duō (first tone, high and level) cì (fourth tone, falling)many times
• 众多/眾多zhòng (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level)numerous
• 多云/多雲duō (first tone, high and level) yún (second tone, rising)cloudy (meteorology)
• 多年来/多年來duō (first tone, high and level) nián (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising)for the past many years
• 多余/多餘duō (first tone, high and level) yú (second tone, rising)superfluous
• 多种/多種duō (first tone, high and level) zhǒng (third tone, dipping)many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
• 绝大多数/絕大多數jué (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)the vast majority