半
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
bàn ban4
Example sentences
- I have already waited nearly half an hour.
HSK words with 半
- 一半 yībàn half
- 半天 bàntiān half of the day
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 半夜 bànyè midnight
- 多半 duōbàn most
- 半决赛 bànjuésài semifinals
- 半场 bànchǎng half of a game or contest
- 半数 bànshù half the number; half
- 半岛 bàndǎo peninsula
- 半路 bànlù halfway
- 过半 guòbàn over fifty percent
- 半途而废 bàntúérfèi to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 半边天 bànbiāntiān half the sky
- 半信半疑 bànxìnbànyí half doubting
- 半真半假 bànzhēnbànjiǎ (idiom) half true and half false