Pronunciation
:
bàn
Meaning
:
(noun) half
HSK
:
1
Pronunciation
:
bàn
Meaning
:

(noun) half
(adj) very few
(adj) in the middle; halfway
(adj) partly; about half

Radical
:
Strokes
:
5
Traditional
:
Sentences:
现在是三点半。
It is now 3:30.

xiàn zài shì sān diǎn bàn 。

现在
:
now
:
is
三点
:
three o’clock
:
half (30 minutes)
我吃了半个苹果。
I ate half an apple.

wǒ chī le bàn gè píng guǒ 。

:
I
:
eat
:
(past tense particle)
:
half
:
(measure word)
苹果
:
apple
房门半开着。
The door is half open.

fáng mén bàn kāi zhe 。

房门
:
door
:
half
:
open
:
(continuing state particle)
他半个字都没写。
He didn’t write a single word.

tā bàn gè zì dōu méi xiě 。

:
he
半个
:
half a
:
word
:
all
:
not
:
write

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