HSK 2 · Quantities

大部分

dà bù fen

most; the greater part

Stroke order of 大部分

3 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes 部 · 10 strokes 分 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

大 is big, 部分 a cut-off piece: a big piece of the whole.

Parts: 大 big + 部分 part

The characters in 大部分

大 dà — big; large (3 strokes)
部 bù — department; ministry; part (10 strokes)
分 fēn — fen (1/100 yuan); point (4 strokes)

Example sentence

大部分学生都来了。

Most of the students came.

Words with 大

大学university 大学生college student 大big; large 不大not very; not often 大人adult; grown-up 大家everyone 长大to grow up 大自然nature 大海sea; ocean 大声loudly 大门main gate 大衣overcoat 大多数the vast majority 大量a large amount 大小size 大大greatly 大夫doctor 大使馆embassy

Words with 部

部分part 一部分a part 全部all; whole 部长minister; head of department 部门department 部department; ministry; part 东部eastern part 西部western part 南部southern part 北部northern part 中部central part

Words with 分

分fen (1/100 yuan); point 分钟minute 分数score; mark 部分part 一部分a part 十分very; extremely 分开to separate 得分to score; score 分配to distribute; to assign 分组to divide into groups 分别to part; respectively; difference

More words: Quantities

数to count 数字number; digit 一共altogether 部分part 一部分a part 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 少数minority 人数number of people 人口population 大量a large amount 许多many; a lot of 好多many; a lot 不少quite a lot

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