半 bàn

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. bàn adverb semi-; partly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '半' adj 3; XHZD '半' 3)
4. bàn adjective mostly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '半' adv; Kroll 2015 '半' 2, p. 9)
5. 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

• 半月板 meniscus
• 后半叶(後半葉) the latter half
• 上半叶(上半葉) the first half
• 徐娘半老 middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
• 马来半岛(馬來半島) Malay Peninsula ; Malay Peninsula
• 半壁江山 half of the country (especially when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
• 半圆仪(半圓儀) protractor
• 晚半天儿(晚半天兒) late afternoon
• 半山 Banshan
• 半失业(半失業) semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed
• 一时半会儿(一時半會兒) a short time; a little while
• 一时半刻(一時半刻) a short time; a little while
• 后半场(後半場) second half (of sporting competition)
• 半掐 very few ; very few
• 半数以上(半數以上) more than half
• 上半晌 forenoon; morning; a.m.
• 半空中 in midair; in the air
• 半素食主义(半素食主義) semi-vegetarianism
• 半腱肌 semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
• 东半球(東半球) the Eastern Hemisphere; the Old World
• 半生不熟 underripe; half-cooked; not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting
• 半亚(半亞) half open
• 前半天儿(前半天兒) morning
• 半场(半場) half of a game or contest; half-court
• 月半 15th of the month
• 原子半径(原子半徑) atomic radius
• 半途而废(半途而廢) to give up halfway; to leave unfinished
• 半蹲 half squat
• 半膜肌 semimembranosus
• 半开门儿(半開門兒) half-open door; prostitute
• 前半生 first half of one's life
• 一时半霎(一時半霎) a short time; a little while
• 半糖夫妻 weekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy
• 半懂不懂 to not fully understand; to only partly understand
• 北半球 Northern Hemisphere
• 一阶半职(一階半職) lower rank
• 一年半载(一年半載) about a year
• 半麻醉 local anesthetic; anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
• 折半 to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
• 半脱产(半脫產) partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work
• 半人马座(半人馬座) Centaurus
• 半径(半徑) radius
• 半月瓣 semilunar valve
• 半流体(半流體) semifluid

Also contained in

半开央圆唇元音 、 伊比利亚半岛 、 半闭后圆唇元音 、 雷州半岛 、 半坡村 、 尤卡坦半岛 、 半开前不圆唇元音

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 半道 (半道) 半道 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — 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
• 臣半 (臣半) 羣臣半言馬半言鹿 — New Discussions 新語, 卷上　道基第一　術事第二　輔政第三　無為第四　辨惑第五　慎微第六　Scroll 1 — count: 2