daai6 bou6 fan6大部分
Jyutpingdaai6 bou6 fan6
Yaledaaih bouh fahn
Definition
Most; the majority; the greater part of a group.
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How it's used
Use this to refer to the bulk of a group or a quantity. It functions similarly to English quantifiers and is often followed by the particle 嘅 when modifying a noun phrase, though this is frequently omitted in casual speech.
Examples
Most of the colleagues have gone to eat.
Do you spend most of your time at home?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a single countable object, as it refers to a portion of a collective whole rather than a fraction of an individual item.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
