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大幅 (dà fú) — substantially; by a wide margin; greatly

Definition

大幅 marks a large, measurable change in quantity or degree (sales, prices, improvement). 大大 is the everyday spoken equivalent; 大为 is more formal and written.

adverb
substantiallyby a wide margingreatly

Examples

  • 大幅。
    Jīn nián gōng sī de xiāo shòu é dà fú zēng zhǎng.
    This year the company's sales increased substantially.
  • 大幅。
    Xīn zhèng cè shǐ fáng jià dà fú xià diē.
    The new policy caused housing prices to drop substantially.
  • 大幅。
    Huán jìng wū rǎn wèn tí dé dào le dà fú gǎi shàn.
    The environmental pollution problem has been greatly improved.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàlarge
幅fúwidth/format

大 'large' and 幅 'width/format' combine to mean large in size, used for substantial differences.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīnclothing
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú幅⁰fú
Same sound today

幅 is built from 巾, a component related to cloth or clothing, and 畐, which gives its sound.

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