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半小时

bàn xiǎo shí

3-character word Traditional 半小時

What 半小时 means

1. half an hour; 30 minutes

The characters in 半小时

• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 时shío'clock; time; when

Example sentences

• 她让我等了半小时。
  Tā ràng wǒděng le bànxiǎoshí.
  She made me wait for half an hour.
• 她让他等了半小时。
  Tā ràng tā děng le bànxiǎoshí.
  She kept him waiting half an hour.
• 我等了接近半小时。
  Wǒděng le jiējìn bànxiǎoshí.
  I was kept waiting for nearly half an hour.
• 事故耽误了我们半小时。
  Shìgù dānwu le wǒmen bànxiǎoshí.
  An accident delayed us for half an hour.
• 搭帐篷花了我们半小时。
  It took us half an hour to set up the tent.
• 开了半小时，车就坏了。
  The car broke down after half an hour's driving.