大部分

See also: 大部份

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	part; section; segment part; section; segment; portion
trad. (大部分)		大	部分
simp. #(大部分)		大	部分
alternative forms		大部份

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàbùfèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ bou⁶ fan⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): duâi-buô-hông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-pō͘-hūn / tāi-pō͘-hūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàbùfèn → dàbùfen (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣˋ → ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ˙ㄈㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàbùfe̊n
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-pu⁴-fên⁵
    • Yale: dà-bù-fen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahbuh.fenn
    • Palladius: дабуфэнь (dabufɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fən⁵¹/ → /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ fən¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ bou⁶ fan⁶
    • Yale: daaih bouh fahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ bou⁶ fan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ bou⁶ fen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² pou̯²² fɐn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: duâi-buô-hông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tuai²⁴²⁻²¹ ^(p-)βuo²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-pō͘-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-pōo-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxpoxhun
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ hun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ hun³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-pō͘-hūn
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-pōo-hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixpoxhun
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ hun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ hun³³/

Note:

• tāi-pō͘-hūn - literary;
• tōa-pō͘-hūn - vernacular.

Noun

大部分

1. the majority; most; the greater part; the bulk

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大部分):

• → Japanese: 大部分(だいぶぶん) (daibubun)
• → Korean: 대부분(大部分) (daebubun)
• → Vietnamese: đại bộ phận (大部分)

Further reading

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “大部分”, in 臺日大辭典‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 22
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “大部分”, in 臺日大辭典‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC, page 439

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	部	分
だい Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3	ぶん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいぶぶん [dàíbúꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ibɯ̟bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)部(ぶ)分(ぶん) • (daibubun) 

1. the greater part, the most part, large part

See also

• 大(たい)部(ぶ) (taibu)
• 部(ぶ)分(ぶん) (bubun)

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	部	分

Noun

大部分 • (daebubun) (hangeul 대부분)

1. hanja form^? of 대부분 (“the majority”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	部	分

Noun

大部分

1. chữ Hán form of đại bộ phận (“the majority”).