多分

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (多分)		多	分
simp. #(多分)		多	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duofen
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-fên¹
    • Yale: dwō-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duofen
    • Palladius: дофэнь (dofɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ fan¹
    • Yale: dō fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ fɐn⁵⁵/

Adverb

多分

1. (literary) probably; maybe

Japanese

Kanji in this term
多	分
た Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たぶん [táꜜbùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Adverb

多(た)分(ぶん) • (tabun) 

1. maybe, perhaps; probably

   多(た)分(ぶん)この猫(ねこ)だ。

   Tabun kono neko da.

   Maybe it's this cat.

See also

• かも知(し)れない (ka mo shirenai, “may, might, perhaps”)
• 恐(おそ)らく (osoraku, “likely”)

References

• “多分”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Adverb

Hanja in this term
多	分

多分 • (dabun) (hangeul 다분)

1. hanja form^? of 다분

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
多	分

Noun

多分

1. chữ Hán form of đa phần (“majority”)