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
- 一时半晌(一時半晌) a short time; a little while
- 前半日 morning
- 前半天 morning
- 印支半岛(印支半島) Indochina
- 半自动(半自動) semiautomatic
- 一鳞半爪(一鱗半爪) one scale and half a claw; only odd bits and pieces
- 半无限(半無限) semi-infinite
- 半条命(半條命) half a life; only half alive; barely alive; (scared, beaten etc) half to death
- 半路杀出个程咬金(半路殺出個程咬金) Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying); somebody shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
- 半生不熟 underripe; half-cooked; not mastered (of a technique); clumsy; halting
- 半音程 semitone
- 半明不灭(半明不滅) dull (lamplight)
- 一个半(一個半) one and a half
- 半蹲 half squat
- 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
- 半老徐娘 middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
- 半干旱气候(半乾旱氣候) semi-arid climate
- 晚半天儿(晚半天兒) late afternoon
- 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊(平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚) He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience.
- 半斤八两(半斤八兩) not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
- 半身像 a half figure; a half-length photo; a portrait; a bust
- 半透明 translucent; semitransparent
- 半天 half a day ; a long time ; midair
- 半个(半個) half of
- 疑信参半(疑信參半) half skeptical and half believing; undecided
- 半拱 semiarch; half arch
- 半腱肌 semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
- 半间不界(半間不界) shallow; not thorough; superficial
- 泰半 more than half; a majority; most; mostly
- 半边家庭(半邊家庭) a single parent family
- 阿拉伯半岛(阿拉伯半島) Arabian Peninsula ; Arabian Peninsula
- 半视野(半視野) half visual field
- 半月 half month; 15 days ; half moon
- 半途而废(半途而廢) to give up halfway; to leave unfinished
- 半辈子(半輩子) half of a lifetime
- 对半(對半) half
- 喜忧参半(喜憂參半) to have mixed feelings
- 半边天(半邊天) half the sky; women of the new society; women
- 半岛(半島) peninsula
- 后半叶(後半葉) the latter half
- 半文盲 semiliterate
Also contained in
新斯科舍半岛 、 恒春半岛 、 半山区 、 半闭元音 、 半闭后圆唇元音 、 半角 、 勘察加半岛 、 卡提阿瓦半岛 、 巴尔干半岛 、 半笯嗟国
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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
- 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
- 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
- 田半 (田半) 田半墾而民有餘食而粟米多者 — Guanzi 管子, 八觀第十三 Chapter 13: Eight Observations — 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
- 矢半 (矢半) 間以二矢半 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 2