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半

bàn

HSK 3 Character

What 半 means

1. half
2. semi-
3. incomplete
4. (after a number) and a half

Example sentences

• 3点半了。
  It's 3:30.
• 六点半开始。
  It begins at six-thirty.
• 现在十点半。
  It's now half past ten.
• 不要半途而废。
  Bù yào bàntú'érfèi.
  Once you have begun to do something, never give up.
• 我六点半回来。
  I'll return at 6:30.
• 现在是七点半。
  It is 7:30.

Words starting with 半

• 半途而废bàn tú ér fèito give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
• 半天bàn tiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while
• 半年bàn niánhalf a year
• 半夜bàn yèmidnight; in the middle of the night
• 半岛bàn dǎopeninsula
• 半晌bàn shǎnghalf of the day; a long time; quite a while
• 半点bàn diǎnthe least bit
• 半截bàn jiéhalf (of sth); halfway through
• 半数bàn shùhalf the number; half
• 半导体bàn dǎo tǐsemiconductor
• 半边bàn biānhalf of sth; one side of sth
• 半路bàn lùhalfway; midway; on the way
• 半死bàn sǐhalf dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death…
• 半空中bàn kōng zhōngin midair; in the air
• 半空bàn kōngmidair
• 半辈子bàn bèi zihalf of a lifetime
• 半价bàn jiàhalf price
• 半决赛bàn jué sàisemifinals
• 半信半疑bàn xìn bàn yí(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
• 半径bàn jìngradius
• 半山腰bàn shān yāothe mid-slope of a mountain
• 半生bàn shēnghalf a lifetime
• 半途bàn túhalfway; midway
• 半大bàn dàmedium-sized

Words containing 半

• 一半yī bànhalf
• 多半duō bànmost; mostly; most likely
• 大半dà bànmore than half; greater part; most
• 一个半yī ge bànone and a half
• 下半年xià bàn niánsecond half of the year
• 上半年shàng bàn niánfirst half of the year
• 过半guò bànover fifty percent; more than half
• 夜半yè bànmidnight
• 好半天hǎo bàn tiānmost of the day
• 下半场xià bàn chǎngsecond half of a game or contest
• 下半身xià bàn shēnlower half of one's body; Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
• 上半身shàng bàn shēnthe upper body
• 老半天lǎo bàn tiān(colloquial) a long time
• 后半夜hòu bàn yèsecond half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
• 上半场shàng bàn chǎngfirst half of a game or contest
• 事半功倍shì bàn gōng bèi(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
• 小半xiǎo bàna portion smaller than a half; the lesser part; the smaller part
• 深更半夜shēn gēng bàn yèin the dead of night (idiom)
• 后半生hòu bàn shēnglatter half of one's life
• 大半夜dà bàn yèthe middle of the night
• 减半jiǎn bànto reduce by half
• 一知半解yī zhī bàn jiě(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth
• 一年半载yī nián bàn zǎiabout a year
• 前半生qián bàn shēngfirst half of one's life

Characters that look like 半

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 年niányear
• 早zǎoearly; morning; Good morning!
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 牟móubarley; to moo; to seek or obtain
• 芋yùtaro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

Sounds the same

Read bàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 办to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…
• 扮to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role)
• 伴partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 拌to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 瓣petal; segment; clove (of garlic)
• 绊to trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 湴mud; slush; ooze
• 姅menstruation
• 秚old variant of 拌