半
bàn
half
semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
我喝了半杯水就不渴了。
wǒ hē le bàn bēi shuǐ jiù bù kě le。
I drank half a cup of water and was no longer thirsty.
他学了两年半才说得流利。
tā xué le liǎng nián bàn cái shuō de liú lì。
He studied for two and a half years before he could speak fluently.
Words with 半
半年
bàn nián
half a year
半路
bàn lù
halfway
半天
bàn tiān
half of the day
半殖民地
bàn zhí mín dì
semicolonial
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
(idiom) half true and half false
半边天
bàn biān tiān
half the sky
半熟
bàn shú
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
喜忧参半
xǐ yōu cān bàn
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半夜三更
bàn yè sān gēng
see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
半夏
bàn xià
Pinellia ternata
半音
bàn yīn
semitone