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[1] half [2] very little [3] in the middle [4] partly; about half Stroke count: 5
Level: 2
Radical: 十 (#24)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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三點半 saam1 dim2 bun3 = 3:30; half past three 半打 bun3 daa1 = half a dozen 半年 bun3 nin4 = half a year, six months 半月 bun3 jyut6 = half-moon; fortnight 半夜 bun3 je6/6*2 = 12 midnight 半數 bun3 sou3 = half the number; half 一半 jat1 bun3 = half 半小時 bun3 siu2 si4 = a half hour 半開 bun3 hoi1 = ajar (lit. "half open") 半生熟 bun3 saang1 suk6 = half boiled 半百 bun3 baak3 = fifty (years of age) 西半球 sai1 bun3 kau4 = Western Hemisphere 半晝 bun3 zau3 = half day 粵 個半 go3 bun3 = one dollar and fifty cents 粵 半人馬 bun jan4 maa5 = centaur 半桶水 bun3 tung2 seoi2 = to have knowledge or ability without full comprehension 粵 半獨立屋 bun3 duk6 laap6 uk1 = semi-detached house 半斤八両 bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2 = six of one and half of a dozen of the other 半熟蛋 bun3 suk6 daan6*2 = half-boiled egg 半島 bun3 dou2 = peninsula 半決賽 bun3 kyut3 coi3 = semifinal, semi-final 半球 bun3 kau4 = hemisphere 半天 bun3 tin1 = half a day 國 半導體 bun3 dou6 tai2 = semiconductor 半徑 bun3 ging3 = radius 半截 bun3 zit6 = a half-section; half a section 半拉 bun3 laai1 = half 國 半真半假 bun3 zan1 bun3 gaa2 = half true and half false; half-truths 半路 bun3 lou6 = halfway 半邊天 bun3 bin1 tin1 = half the sky; womenfolk 半成品 bun3 sing4 ban2 = semi-finished products 大半 daai6 bun3 = most; more than half; the greater part 多半 do1 bun3 = most; the greater part; likely; probably; likelyhood; chiefly 半透明 bun3 tau3 ming4 = translucent; semi-transparent 半夜三更 bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1 = late at night 下半年 haa6 bun3 nin4 = second half of the year 半日 bun3 jat6 = half-day 半山區 bun3 saan1 keoi1 = Mid Levels (in Hong Kong) 半截裙 bun3 zit6 kwan4 = half-slip (underclothing) 半個鐘 bun3 go3 zung1 = half an hour 一年半 jat1 nin4 bun3 = a year and a half 上半 soeng6 bun3 = first half 上半年 soeng6 bun3 nin4 = first half of a year 下半身 haa6 bun3 san1 = lower half of one's body 下半 haa6 bun3 = second half; lower half 半圓形的 bun3 jyun4 jing4 dik1 = [adj] compass 國 北半球 bak1 bun3 kau4 = the northern hemisphere 半中腰 bun3 zung1 jiu1 = halfway; middle 半以上 bun3 ji5 soeng6 = more than half 半信半疑 bun3 seon3 bun3 ji4 = half-believe, half-doubt 半價 bun3 gaa3 = half-price 半點 bun3 dim2 = the least bit 半響 bun3 hoeng2 = half the day; a long time; quite a while 半邊 bun3 bin1 = half of sth; one side of sth 半途 bun3 tou4 = halfway; midway 半輩子 bun3 bui3 zi2 = half of a lifetime 半載 bun3 zoi2 = half year 半身像 bun3 san1 zoeng6 = half-length photo or portrait; bust 半路出家 bun3 lou6 ceot1 gaa1 = without solid foundation; switch to a job one was not trained for 半規管 bun3 kwai1 gun2 = semicircular canal 半規則 bun3 kwai1 zak1 = quasi-regular 半規 bun3 kwai1 = semicircular 半衰期 bun3 seoi1 kei4 = half-life period; half-time 半自耕農 bun3 zi6 gaang1 nung4 = semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant 半自動 bun3 zi6 dung6 = semiautomatic 半脫產 bun3 tyut3 caan2 = partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work 半職 bun3 zik1 = part-time work 半空中 bun3 hung1 zung1 = in mid air; in the air 半票 bun3 piu3 = half fare; half-price ticket 半生 bun3 saang1 = a half of a lifetime 半瓶醋 bun3 peng4*2 cou3 = a dabbler, a smatterer 半熟練工人 bun3 suk6 lin6 gung1 jan4 = a semiskilled worker 半熟練 bun3 suk6 lin6 = semi-skilled 半流體 bun3 lau4 tai2 = semi-fluid 半月刊的 bun3 jyut6 hon1*2 dik1 = semimonthly 國 半月刊 bun3 jyut6 hon1*2 = semimonthly; fortnightly 半日制學校 bun3 jat6 zai3 hok6 haau6 = half-day (or double-shift/double-session school) 半文盲 bun3 man4 maang4 = semiliterate 半數以上 bun3 sou3 ji5 soeng6 = more than half 半排出期 bun3 paai4 ceot1 kei4 = half-life 半成 bun3 sing4 = semifinished 半工半讀 bun3 gung1 bun3 duk6 = part work/part study program; work-study program 半封建 bun3 fung1 gin3 = semi-feudal 半官方 bun3 gun1 fong1 = semi-official 半失業 bun3 sat1 jip6 = semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed 半場 bun3 coeng4 = halftime 半圓 bun3 jyun4 = semicircle 半吊子 bun3 diu3 zi2 = dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person 半勞動力 bun3 lou4 dung6 lik6 = one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker 半公開 bun3 gung1 hoi1 = semi-overt; more or less open 好半天 hou2 bun3 tin1 = most of the day 國 半球體 bun3 kau4 tai2 = hemisphere 半職業者 bun3 zik1 jip6 ze2 = a semipro; a part-time professional 半條命 bun3 tiu4 meng6 = a half-life 大半個 daai6 bun3 go3 = most 水半球 seoi2 bun3 kau4 = [geology] the water hemisphere 半準決賽 bun3 zeon2 kyut3 coi3 = quarter-final 粵 半鹹半淡 bun3 haam4 bun3 taam5 = low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery 半鹹淡 bun3 haam4 taam5 = low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery 半天吊 bun3 tin1 diu3 = in a stalemate; in a dilemma; to be suspended in midair 半唐番 bun3 tong4 faan1 = half chinese and half westerner (lit., "half-Chinese barbarians") 粵 一頭半個月 jat1 tau4 bun3 go3 jyut6 = approximately half of a lunar cycle 半開合 bun3 hoi1 hap6 = half open half shut 粵 半隻燒鴨 bun3 zek3 siu1 aap3*2 = half roast duck 一年半載 jat1 nin4 bun3 zoi2 = a year or so; in about a year 行百里半九十 haang4 baak3 lei5 bun3 gau2 sap6 = the going is toughest toward the end of a journey 減半 gaam2 bun3 = to reduce by half 半光 bun3 gwong1 = semi-dull, matte 下半旗 haa6 bun3 kei4 = to fly the flag at half mast; flying the flag at half-staff 痛到半死 tung3 dou3 bun3 sei2 = extremely painful 半世人 bun3 sai3 jan4 = half of a lifetime 粵 三更半夜 saam1 gang1 bun3 je6/6*2 = around mid-night 一頭半月 jat1 tau4 bun3 jyut6 = half a month or so 粵 大半天 daai6 bun3 tin1 = most of the day, the greater part of a day 話不投機半句多 waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 bun3 geoi3 do1 = nothing to say to each other (half a sentence seems too much) 半邊艸 bun3 bin1 cou2 = Kangxi radical 45 (sprout) (屮) 年半 nin4 bun3 = a year and a half 粵 另一半 ling6 jat1 bun3 = other half 一半一半 jat1 bun3 jat1 bun3 = half (and) half 半專業 bun3 zyun1 jip6 = semi-professional 事半功倍 si6 bun3 gung1 pui5 = half the effort but yields twice the result 一半半 jat1 bun3*2 bun3 = half (and) half 一次半次 jat1 ci3 bun3 ci3 = once or twice 粵 半身不遂 bun3 san1 bat1 seoi6 = paraplegia, hemiplegia 一招半式 jat1 ziu1 bun3 sik1 = a few moves and stances (in kung fu) 一知半解 jat1 zi1 bun3 gaai2 = to have superficial knowledge 半途而廢 bun3 tou4 ji4 fai3 = give up halfway 朝鮮半島 ziu1 sin1 bun3 dou2 = Korean peninsula 半保留複製 bun3 bou2 lau4 fuk1 zai3 = semiconservative replication 半導體探測器 bun3 dou6 tai2 taam3 caak1 hei3 = semiconductor detector 半島電視台 bun3 dou2 din6 si6 toi4 = Al-Jazeera Television 半胱氨酸 bun3 gwong1 on1 syun1 = mercaptoethyl amine 半視野 bun3 si6 je5 = half visual field 堪察加半島 ham1 caat3 gaa3 bun3 dou2 = Kamchatka peninsula 手半劍 sau2 bun3 gim3 = hand and a half sword; bastard sword 半透明點 bun3 tau3 ming4 dim2 = translucent spot 南極洲半島 naam4 gik6 zau1 bun3 dou2 = the Antartic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America) 中南半島 zung1 naam4 bun3 dou2 = Indo-China Peninsula 馬來半島 maa5 loi4 bun3 dou2 = Malay Peninsula 半島酒店 bun3 dou2 zau2 dim3 = The Peninsula Hotel 半山 bun3 saan1 = the Mid-levels 東半球 dung1 bun3 kau4 = the Eastern hemisphere 南半球 naam4 bun3 kau4 = the Southern Hemisphere 雷州半島 leoi4 zau1 bun3 dou2 = Leizhou Peninsula 阿拉伯半島 aa3 laai1 baak3 bun3 dou2 = Arabian Peninsula 山東半島 saan1 dung1 bun3 dou2 = Shandong Peninsula 巴爾干半島 baa1 ji5 gon1 bun3 dou2 = Balkan penninsula 半島國際學校 bun3 dou2 gwok3 zai3 hok6 haau6 = International School of the Penninsula 半神半人 bun3 san4 bun3 jan4 = demigod 升半音 sing1 bun3 jam1 = sharp 降半音 gong3 bun3 jam1 = flat 遼東半島 liu4 dung1 bun3 dou2 = Liaodong Peninsula 六點半棍 luk6 dim2 bun3 gwan3 = Luk Dim Boon Kwun, Six and A Half Point Pole 下半晝 haa6 bun3 zau3 = afternoon 半月式 bun3 jyut6 sik1 = [yoga] Ardha Chandrasana, Half Moon 半山自動扶梯 bun3 saan1 zi6 dung6 fu4 tai1 = the Mid-level escalators |
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Showing all 6 examples containing 半
佢哋嘅分別只有半年。 粵
There's only half a year's difference between them. [Lit. Their difference only have half year]
巴士在半路上拋錨 國
The bus broke down on the way. [半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [粵] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/938/]link[/url] ]
巴士喺半路拋錨 粵
The bus broke down on the way. [半路 should not be translated literally as halfway, just "along the way" [國] [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/936/]link[/url] ]
佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋 粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.
出咗半斤力,想話攞返足八両。 粵
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels. [From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]
你同你嘅另一半有幾夾? 粵
How compatible are you and your partner? [[Lit.] How compatible are you and your other half?] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |