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一半

yī bàn

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word

一半 (yī bàn) means "half". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 一半 means

1. half

The characters in 一半

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete

Example sentences

• 别留着一半工作没干。
  Don't leave your work half finished.
• 我吃了一半三明治了。
  I'm halfway through my sandwich.
• 好的开始是成功的一半。
  Well begun is half done.
• 退休后他的收入少了一半。
  Tuìxiū hòu tā de shōurù shǎo le yī bàn.
  His income was diminished by half after retirement.
• 这项工作已经完成了一半。
  The job is half done.
• 这些苹果的其中一半都烂了。
  Zhèxiē píngguǒ de qízhōng yībàn dōu làn le.
  Half of these apples are rotten.

Words starting with 一半

• 一半天yī bàn tiānin a day or two; soon

Words containing 一半

• 另一半lìng yī bànother half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half

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