Mostly in Chinese
mostly · HSK 5
大多
- 大 big
- 多 many
班里的同学大多是本地人。 Most of the students in the class are locals.
Other ways to say mostly
More words with 大 or 多
How do you say mostly in Chinese?
Mostly in Chinese is 大多 (dà duō). You can also say 大都 (dà dōu), 主要 (zhǔ yào), 基本 (jī běn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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