一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一半
yíbàn
half
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 他们一半是学生。 Tāmen yíbàn shì xuésheng. Half of them are students.
- 一半的人没来。 Yíbàn de rén méi lái. Half the people didn't come.
- 给你一半。 Gěi nǐ yíbàn. Here's half for you.
- 我吃了一半面包。 Wǒ chīle yíbàn miànbāo. I ate half of the bread.
- 李月喝了一半牛奶。 Lǐ Yuè hēle yíbàn niúnǎi. Li Yue drank half of the milk.
- 这本书他看了一半。 Zhè běn shū tā kànle yíbàn. He read half of this book.
- 这里的包子还有一半。 Zhèlǐ de bāozi háiyǒu yíbàn. Half of the baozi are still here.
- 这些字你写了一半吗？ Zhèxiē zì nǐ xiěle yíbàn ma? Did you write half of these characters?
- 请分给我们一半。 Qǐng fēn gěi wǒmen yíbàn. Please share half with us.
- 妈妈拿了一半钱。 Māma nále yíbàn qián. Mom took half of the money.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bù yídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while
- 一部分 yí bùfen one part