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
半岛
bàndǎo
peninsula
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这个半岛因其战略位置而长期成为海上贸易与军事部署的焦点。 Zhège bàndǎo yīn qí zhànlüè wèizhi ér chángqī chéngwéi hǎishàng màoyì yǔ jūnshì bùshǔ de jiāodiǎn. This peninsula has long been a focus of maritime trade and military deployment because of its strategic position.
- 这个半岛三面环海，夏天有很多游客。 Zhège bàndǎo sān miàn huán hǎi, xiàtiān yǒu hěn duō yóukè. This peninsula is surrounded by sea on three sides and has many tourists in summer.
- 我们坐船到了半岛南端，那里有一座白色的灯塔。 Wǒmen zuò chuán dào le bàndǎo nánduān, nàlǐ yǒu yí zuò báisè de dēngtǎ. We took a boat to the southern tip of the peninsula, where there is a white lighthouse.
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
- 半边天 bànbiāntiān women; half the sky
- 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