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过半
过半 (guò bàn): Over half (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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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
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 过半.
Words with
过
过年
guò nián
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
过来
guò lai
to come over
经过
jīng guò
pass through
过去
guò qu
(in the) past
过节
guò jié
to celebrate a festival
难过
nán guò
have a hard time
不过
bú guò
however
超过
chāo guò
exceed
Words with
半
一半
yī bàn
half
半天
bàn tiān
half of the day
半夜
bàn yè
midnight
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
give up halfway; leave something unfinished
半岛
bàn dǎo
Peninsula
半径
bàn jīng
Radius
半数
bàn shù
Half of a number / half the amount
多半
duō bàn
Most
4.
How to Use 过半 in Sentences
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 + Noun
with
票数
guò
过
bàn
半
de
的
piào
票
shù
数
Adverb + Verb
with
已
yǐ
已
guò
过
bàn
半
formal
Written
5.
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.