bàn

half

HSK 1

1Stroke Order Animation

0 strokes

2Readings & Meanings

  • bànhalf; semi-; incomplete

3Structure

Overlapping structure重叠结构

is built from 2 parts.

4Common Words with

上半夜shàng bàn yè

first half of the night

一知半解yī zhī bàn jiě

to know one and understand half (idiom)

三更半夜sān gēng bàn yè

in the depth of the night

半打bàn dá

half a dozen

半斤八两bàn jīn bā liǎng

six of one, half a dozen of the other; very similar

半夜bàn yè

midnight; in the middle of the night

5Example Sentences

现在是九点半。

xiàn zài shì jiǔ diǎn bàn。

It is nine thirty now.

我吃了一半。

wǒ chī le yī bàn。

I ate half of it.

我学了半年中文。

wǒ xué le bàn nián zhōng wén。

I have studied Chinese for half a year.

他半年没回家了。

tā bàn nián méi huí jiā le。

He has not been home for half a year.

Other Characters Pronounced “ban”