Chinese symbol for “mostly”
大多
dà duō
for the most part; many; most; the greater part
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mostly is 大多 (dà duō), defined as: for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mostly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多半 | duō bàn | most; mostly |
| 十有八九 | shí yǒu bā jiǔ | most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) |
| 十之八九 | shí zhī bā jiǔ | most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) |
| 泰半 | tài bàn | more than half; a majority |
| 太半 | tài bàn | more than half; a majority |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大多.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 许多 (許多) | xǔ duō | many; a lot of |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mostly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.