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半
bàn
1. half
2. semi-
3. incomplete
4. (after a number) and a half
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

半
bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

夜半
yèbàn
midnight
泰半
tàibàn
more than half
半腰
bànyāo
middle
多半
duōbàn
most
半拱
bàngǒng
semiarch
半圆
bànyuán
semicircle
半死
bànsǐ
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
半职
bànzhí
part-time work
半途
bàntú
halfway
参半
cānbàn
half
折半
zhébàn
to reduce by fifty percent
过半
guòbàn
over fifty percent
半坡
Bànpō
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an [[西安]]
上半
shàngbàn
first half
半年
bànnián
half a year
半月
bànyuè
half-moon
半生
bànshēng
half a lifetime
半空
bànkōng
midair
半轴
bànzhóu
semi-axis
半载
bànzài
half load

Example Sentences (2)

你不是说七点半来接我吗？你迟到了一刻钟。
Nǐ bú shì shuō qī diǎn bàn lái jiē wǒ ma?Nǐ chí dào le yí kè zhōng.
Didn't you say you'd come pick me up at seven thirty? You're fifteen minutes late.
Text 4
现在不是七点半吗？
xiàn zài bú shì qī diǎn bàn ma?
Isn't it 7:30 now?
Text 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
512
Word Frequency Rank
830 of 84,292