半
HSK 1freq #727
Meanings
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- 1.half
- 2.semi-
- 3.incomplete
- 4.(after a number) and a half
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Wiktionary
- 1.half
- 2.very little
- 3.halfway, partially, semi-
- 4.half past
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 八 (“to divide”) + 牛 (“cow”) – to cut a cow into two halves. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *par. Related to 畔 (OC *baːns, “bank between fields”), which is an endopassive of 半 (OC *paːns, “half”), lit. "be separated from".
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
3点半了。
It's 3:30.
我六點半回來。
I'll return at 6:30.
八點半開始上課。
Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
課程八點半開始。
The class begins at 8:30.
学校3点半放学。
School is over at 3:30.
跟你没半毛钱关系。
This doesn't concern you.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Derived terms
一半一名半職一名半职一大半一字半句一官半職一官半职一差半錯一差半错一年半載一年半载一時半刻一时半刻一時半霎一时半霎一班半點一班半点一男半女一知半解一絲半氣一丝半气一絲半粟一丝半粟一絲半絲一丝半丝一言半句一言半字一言半語一言半语一言半辭
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