shí zhī bā jiǔ

十之八九 (shí zhī bā jiǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority”.

Meanings

  1. 1most likely
  2. 2mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
  3. 3vast majority

Characters in 十之八九

十shí · ten之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])八bā · eight九jiǔ · nine

Related words

之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid十ten之一one of (sth)八eight之类and so on十分very之中inside九nine总之in a word

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