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
半信半疑
bànxìnbànyí
half-believing, half-doubting; sceptical
Characters in this word
疑 yí
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 疋 — roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他半信半疑地接过地图，不知道这条小路能不能走通。 Tā bànxìn bànyí de jiēguò dìtú, bù zhīdào zhè tiáo xiǎolù néng bù néng zǒu tōng. He took the map half-believing, half-doubting, not knowing whether this small path could be walked through.
- 听朋友说这家店的菜特别好吃，我还是半信半疑。 Tīng péngyou shuō zhè jiā diàn de cài tèbié hǎochī, wǒ háishi bànxìn bànyí. My friend says the food at this restaurant is especially good, but I am still not sure I believe it.
- 孩子对魔术师的话半信半疑，伸手去摸那只空盒子。 Háizi duì móshùshī de huà bànxìn bànyí, shēnshǒu qù mō nà zhī kōng hézi. The child half believed the magician's words and reached out to touch the empty box.
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
- 半数 bànshù half; half the number
- 半途而废 bàntú'érfèi to give up halfway
- 多半 duōbàn most; for the most part; probably