十之八九 in English shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3 Meaning

Meanings

• most likely
• mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
• vast majority

Pinyin

shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

十shi2ten 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 八ba1eight 九jiu3nine