quite a while in Chinese

HSK 3.0 · Level 1

bàntiān

half of the day
a long time
quite a while
midair

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Example sentences

tāmen 他们 kàn 看 le 了 nà 那 bù 部 diànyǐng 电影 bàntiān 半天 le 了。

They’ve been watching that film for ages.
tā 他 gěi 给 wǒ 我 jiěshì 解释 le 了 bàntiān 半天， dàn 但 wǒ 我 háishi 还是 bù 不 míngbai 明白。

I'm none the wiser for his explanation.

Other words for quite a while

好久 hǎojiǔ HSK 2

quite a while
半响（半響） bànxiǎng

half the day; a long time; quite a while
半晌 bànshǎng

half of the day; a long time; quite a while

4 entries in ChineseDict list "quite a while" as a meaning.