半
Meaning
bàn ban4
- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
Example sentences
- I have already waited nearly half an hour.
- I have already waited for half an hour.
- Half a loaf is better than none.
- It's none of your business.
HSK words with 半
- 一半yībànhalf
- 半天bàntiānhalf of the day
- 半年bànniánhalf a year
- 半夜bànyèmidnight
- 多半duōbànmost
- 半决赛bànjuésàisemifinals
- 半场bànchǎnghalf of a game or contest
- 半数bànshùhalf the number; half
- 半岛bàndǎopeninsula
- 半路bànlùhalfway
- 过半guòbànover fifty percent
- 半途而废bàntúérfèito give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 半边天bànbiāntiānhalf the sky
- 半信半疑bànxìnbànyíhalf doubting
- 半真半假bànzhēnbànjiǎ(idiom) half true and half false