过半 (guò bàn) — to exceed half, to be more than half (done/comp… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to exceed halfto be more than half (done/completed)

Examples

过半，。
Shí jiān yǐ jīng guò bàn le, wǒ men yào jiā kuài sù dù.
Time is already more than half over; we need to speed up.
过半，。
Bǐ sài guò bàn le, shuāng fāng bǐ fēn hái hěn jiē jìn.
The game is more than half over, and the score is still close.
过半，。
Zhè běn shū wǒ yǐ jīng dú le guò bàn, kuài kàn wán le.
I've read more than half of this book; I'm almost finished.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

过 and 半 together mean to exceed half.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi過guò

Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八八bāto divide
牛牛niúcow

The shape pairs 八 (to divide) with 牛 (cow), showing a cow cut into two halves.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Numbers & Counting Quantity & Amount

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