半 bàn
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bàn
adjective
half [of]
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '半' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '半' 1, p. 9; Unihan '半'; XHZD '半' 1) -
bàn
adjective
mid-; in the middle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '半' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '半' 1a, p. 9; XHZD '半' 2) -
bàn
adverb
semi-; partly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '半' adj 3; XHZD '半' 3) -
bàn
adjective
mostly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '半' adv; Kroll 2015 '半' 2, p. 9) -
bàn
number
one half
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '半' n; Kroll 2015 '半' 1, p. 9; Unihan '半'; XHZD '半' 1)
Contained in
- 半圆(半圓) semicircle
- 南半球 Southern Hemisphere
- 夜半 midnight; the middle of the night
- 半熟练(半熟練) semiskilled
- 半日工作 part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
- 西半球 Western Hemisphere
- 一年半载(一年半載) about a year
- 原子半径(原子半徑) atomic radius
- 半斤八两(半斤八兩) not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
- 半恰 very few
- 半蹲 half squat
- 半胱氨酸 cysteine (Cys), an amino acid; mercaptoethyl amine
- 半路 halfway; midway; on the way ; in process; on the way
- 半复赛(半復賽) eighth finals
- 晚半天儿(晚半天兒) late afternoon
- 半壁江山 half of the country (especially when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
- 半音程 semitone
- 半打 half a dozen
- 半月板 meniscus
- 一时半会儿(一時半會兒) a short time; a little while
- 印支半岛(印支半島) Indochina
- 半夜 midnight; in the middle of the night
- 上半 first half
- 参半(參半) half; half and half; both ... and ...; just as much ... as ...; equally
- 半晌 half of the day; a long time; quite a while
- 头半天(頭半天) morning; first half of the day
- 深更半夜 in the dead of night
- 半边天(半邊天) half the sky; women of the new society; women
- 阿拉伯半岛(阿拉伯半島) Arabian Peninsula ; Arabian Peninsula
- 半山 Banshan
- 半票 half-price ticket; half fare
- 一知半解 to know one and understand half; a smattering of knowledge
- 大半夜 the middle of the night
- 半岛国际学校(半島國際學校) International School of the Penninsula
- 半翅目 Hemiptera
- 半瓶水响叮当(半瓶水響叮噹) if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound; empty vessels make the most noise
- 黑天半夜 the black sky of midnight; very late at night
- 话不投机半句多(話不投機半句多) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
- 折半 to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
- 半腱肌 semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
- 半腰 middle; halfway
- 老半天 a long time
- 半中腰 middle; halfway
- 半无限(半無限) semi-infinite
Also contained in
半闭央不圆唇元音 、 半开后圆唇元音 、 雷州半岛 、 半闭前不圆唇元音 、 特许半导体 、 半山区 、 半开前不圆唇元音
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- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 143
- 卷18 志第13 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 13: Measures and the Calendar 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 93
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 76
- 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 74
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 70
- 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 67
- 卷七十九 志第三十二 律曆十二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Measures and Calendar 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 67
- 卷五十六 志第八: 曆五 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Calendar 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 66
- 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
- 卷七十四 志第二十七 律曆七 Volume 74 Treatises 27: Measures and Calendar 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
Collocations
- 厚半 (厚半) 厚半寸 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 8
- 半岁 (半歲) 行教半歲 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — count: 6
- 半以为 (半以為) 受其半以為少師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 少半 (少半) 故王者歲守十分之參三年與少半 — Guanzi 管子, 山權數第七十五 Chapter 75: Methods for Administering Mountain Areas — count: 5
- 半渡 (半渡) 令半渡而擊之 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 3
- 祭半 (祭半) 祭半膱 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 3
- 半谓 (半謂) 一宣有半謂之欘 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3
- 围半 (圍半) 筐大三圍半 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備高臨 Book 14 - Defense against Attack from an Elevation — count: 2
- 半曰 (半曰) 衛國之半曰 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 2
- 半涉 (半涉) 半涉而薄我 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2