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
半天
bàntiān
half a day
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 我们吃了半天。 Wǒmen chīle bàntiān. We ate for ages.
- 他找了半天。 Tā zhǎo le bàntiān. He looked for it for ages.
- 我们走了半天。 Wǒmen zǒu le bàntiān. We walked for half the day.
- 妈妈等了我半天。 Māma děng le wǒ bàntiān. Mom waited for me for half a day.
- 他在家睡了半天。 Tā zài jiā shuì le bàntiān. He slept at home for half a day.
- 我们在学校学了半天。 Wǒmen zài xuéxiào xué le bàntiān. We studied at school for half a day.
- 她看了半天电视。 Tā kàn le bàntiān diànshì. She watched TV for half a day.
- 老师说了半天汉语。 Lǎoshī shuō le bàntiān Hànyǔ. The teacher spoke Chinese for half a day.
- 你在商店等了半天吗？ Nǐ zài shāngdiàn děng le bàntiān ma? Did you wait at the shop for half a day?
- 外边下雨下了半天。 Wàibian xiàyǔ xià le bàntiān. It rained outside for half a day.
Related words
- 半 bàn half
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 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