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
半边天
bànbiāntiān
women; half the sky
Characters in this word
边 biān
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 力 strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在乡村振兴项目中，女村干部撑起了半边天，协调能力并不输给任何人。 Zài xiāngcūn zhènxīng xiàngmù zhōng, nǚ cūn gànbù chēngqǐ le bànbiāntiān, xiétiáo nénglì bìng bù shū gěi rènhé rén. In the rural revitalisation project, female village officials have carried half the sky, and their coordination skills are second to none.
- 现在的职场中，女性真的能顶半边天。 Xiànzài de zhíchǎng zhōng, nǚxìng zhēn de néng dǐng bànbiāntiān. In today's workplace, women really do hold up half the sky.
- 她们在工地上同样能干，真是撑起了半边天。 Tāmen zài gōngdì shàng tóngyàng nénggàn, zhēn shì chēngqǐ le bànbiāntiān. They are just as capable on the building site; they truly carry half the sky.
Related words
- 半 bàn half
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 半天 bàntiān half a day
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 半夜 bànyè midnight; late at night
- 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