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过半 (guò bàn): Over half (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

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过半 consists of 2 characters.

过 • guò • to celebrate (a birthday) • HSK 3.0 · L2

HSK 3.0 · L2

guò过

to celebrate (a birthday)

半 • bàn • half • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

bàn半

half

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Pinyinguò bàn

MeaningOver half

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

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3.

How to Use 过半 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 过半 with other words naturally.

Subject + Verb

rén人

shù数

guò过

bàn半

neutral

more than half of the people

shí时

jiān间

guò过

bàn半

neutral

time is more than half over

Adjective + Nounwith票数

guò过

bàn半

de的

piào票

shù数

Adverb + Verbwith已

yǐ已

guò过

bàn半

formalWritten

4.

Example Sentences with 过半

wǒ我

men们

bān班

de的

xué学

shēng生

guò过

formal

more than half of the votes

already more than half

bàn半

shì是

nǚ女

shēng生

。

More than half of the students in our class are girls.

Zhè这

cì次

xuǎn选

jǔ举

zhōng中

，

zhī支

chí持

tā他

de的

xuǎn选

mín民

yǐ已

jīng经

guò过

bàn半

。

In this election, the voters who support him have already exceeded half.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

shí时

jiān间

yǐ已

guò过

bàn半

，

dàn但

xiàng项

mù目

jìn进

dù度

réng仍

luò落

hòu后

yú于

yù预

qī期

。

Although more than half of the time has passed, the project progress still lags behind expectations.

zhè这

cì次

kǎo考

shì试

，

guò过

bàn半

de的

tóng同

xué学

dōu都

jí及

gé格

le了

。

In this exam, more than half of the students passed.

huì会

yì议

cái才

kāi开

bàn半

xiǎo小

shí时

，

wǒ我

de的

kā咖

fēi啡

jiù就

yǐ已

jīng经

hē喝

guò过

bàn半

le了

。

The meeting has only been going on for half an hour, and I've already drunk more than half of my coffee.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 过半.

Words with 过

过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
过来guò laito come over
经过jīng guòpass through
过去guò qu(in the) past
过节guò jiéto celebrate a festival
难过nán guòhave a hard time
不过bú guòhowever
超过chāo guòexceed

Words with 半

一半yī bànhalf
半天bàn tiānhalf of the day
半夜bàn yèmidnight
半途而废bàn tú ér fèigive up halfway; leave something unfinished
半岛

bàn dǎo

Peninsula

半径bàn jīngRadius

半数bàn shùHalf of a number / half the amount

多半duō bànMost