半 bàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 丷 horns 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
半年
bànnián
half a year
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我有半年没吃肉了。 Wǒ yǒu bànnián méi chī ròu le. I haven't eaten meat for half a year.
- 他在这里住了半年。 Tā zài zhèlǐ zhù le bànnián. He has lived here for half a year.
- 他工作了半年。 Tā gōngzuò le bànnián. He worked for half a year.
- 她学了半年汉语。 Tā xué le bànnián Hànyǔ. She studied Chinese for half a year.
- 老师教了我们半年。 Lǎoshī jiāo le wǒmen bànnián. The teacher taught us for half a year.
- 我半年没看电影了。 Wǒ bànnián méi kàn diànyǐng le. I haven't watched a movie in half a year.
- 半年能学会汉语吗？ Bànnián néng xuéhuì Hànyǔ ma? Can you learn Chinese in half a year?
- 她半年没回家了。 Tā bànnián méi huíjiā le. She hasn't gone home in half a year.
- 这本书我看了半年。 Zhè běn shū wǒ kàn le bànnián. I read this book for half a year.
- 他半年都在学校。 Tā bànnián dōu zài xuéxiào. He was at school for the whole half year.
Related words
- 半 bàn half
- 半天 bàntiān half a day
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 半夜 bànyè midnight; late at night
- 半边天 bànbiāntiān women; half the sky
- 半岛 bàndǎo peninsula
- 半导体 bàndǎotǐ semiconductor
- 半径 bànjìng radius
- 半数 bànshù half; half the number
- 半途而废 bàntú'érfèi to give up halfway
- 半信半疑 bànxìnbànyí half-believing, half-doubting; sceptical
- 多半 duōbàn most; for the most part; probably