半

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 她半年后就要出国了。

  Tā bàn nián hòu jiù yào chū guó le

  In half a year she'll be going abroad.

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• 她让我等了半小时。

  Tā ràng wǒ děng le bàn xiǎo shí

  She kept me waiting for 30 minutes.

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• 已经等了半个小时了。

  Yǐ jīng děng le bàn ge xiǎo shí le

  I have already waited for half an hour.

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• 他大半生都住在国外。

  Tā dà bàn shēng dōu zhù zài guó wài

  He lived abroad for much of his life.

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Words containing 半

• 半bàn 4half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
• 一半yī bàn 1–4 → 2–4half
• 半天bàn tiān 4–1 half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair
• 半年bàn nián 4–2 half a year
• 半夜bàn yè 4–4 midnight; in the middle of the night
• 多半duō bàn 1–4 most; mostly; most likely
• 半决赛bàn jué sài 4–2–4semifinals
• 半途而废bàn tú ér fèi 4–2–2–4to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
• 半场bàn chǎng 4–3 half of a game or contest; half-court
• 半数bàn shù 4–4 half the number; half
• 半岛bàn dǎo 4–3 peninsula
• 半路bàn lù 4–4 halfway; midway; on the way