多半

duōbàn

adverb HSK 6 #9,260

Meanings

More than half - mostly, probably.

HSK 1

他多半不会来了。

Tā duōbàn búhuì lái le.

He most likely won't come.

HSK 2

来的人多半是年轻人。

Lái de rén duōbàn shì niánqīngrén.

Most of the people who came were young.

HSK 6

按照目前的趋势，房价多半还会上涨。

Ànzhào mùqián de qūshì, fángjià duōbàn hái huì shàngzhǎng.

Judging by the current trend, housing prices will most likely keep rising.

usage

多半 expresses probability (~70-80% likelihood) and is softer than 肯定 (definitely). It's used in spoken Chinese to make educated guesses.

多 duō

半 bàn