Definition

1. Adjective:
   • More than half: Used to describe a quantity or proportion that exceeds 50% of a total.
   • Over half: Indicates a majority, specifically more than half of a countable or measurable whole.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ứng cử viên cần đạt số phiếu quá bán để thắng cử. (The candidate needs to achieve more than half of the votes to win the election.)
  • Hơn quá bán thành viên hội đồng đã có mặt. (Over half of the council members were present.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đạt tỷ lệ quá bán": To reach/achieve a majority (more than half).
  • Dự luật phải đạt tỷ lệ quá bán mới được thông qua. (The bill must achieve a majority to be passed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đa số (n): Majority. This is a more general term for a majority, which can be simple (over half) or qualified (e.g., two-thirds). specifically and strictly means "more than half."
• Trên 50%: Over 50%. A numerical synonym.
• Thiểu số (n): Minority. The opposite concept.

Synonyms

• Hơn một nửa: More than one half.
• Trên phân nửa: Over half (a more literary variant).

Related Phrases

• Quá bán tuyệt đối: Absolute majority (typically meaning more than half of all possible members/votes, not just those present or cast).
  • Cần đa số quá bán tuyệt đối để bầu tổng thống. (An absolute majority is needed to elect the president.)

Related Idioms

• Được/đạt số phiếu quá bán: To obtain/secure more than half of the votes. This is a fixed collocation, especially in legal and electoral contexts.
  • Không ứng viên nào đạt số phiếu quá bán trong vòng bầu cử đầu tiên. (No candidate secured more than half of the votes in the first round of voting.)

1. More than [a] half
   • Quá bán số phiếu bầu
     More than half of the votes