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
半数
bànshù
half; half the number
Characters in this word
数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查显示，半数受访者并不反对改革，只是担心执行过程缺乏透明度。 Diàochá xiǎnshì, bànshù shòufǎngzhě bìng bù fǎnduì gǎigé, zhǐ shì dānxīn zhíxíng guòchéng quēfá tòumíngdù. The survey shows that half of the respondents do not oppose the reform; they are only worried that the implementation process lacks transparency.
- 半数员工今天选择在家办公，办公室显得很安静。 Bànshù yuángōng jīntiān xuǎnzé zài jiā bàngōng, bàngōngshì xiǎnde hěn ānjìng. Half of the staff chose to work from home today, so the office feels very quiet.
- 这次比赛报名的选手里，半数是第一次参加。 Zhè cì bǐsài bàomíng de xuǎnshǒu lǐ, bànshù shì dì yī cì cānjiā. Half of the players who signed up for this competition are taking part for the first time.
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
- 半岛 bàndǎo peninsula
- 半导体 bàndǎotǐ semiconductor
- 半径 bànjìng radius
- 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