半 | [ bàn ] half, semi-, incomplete, (after a number) and a half |
半中腰 | [ bàn zhōng yaō ] middle, halfway |
半乳糖 | [ bàn rǔ táng ] galactose (CH2O)6, brain sugar |
半乳糖血症 | [ bàn rǔ táng xuè zhèng ] galactosemia |
半人馬 | [ bàn rén mǎ ] centaur (mythology) |
半人馬座 | [ bàn rén mǎ zuò ] Centaurus (constellation) |
半以上 | [ bàn yǐ shàng ] more than half |
半保留複製 | [ bàn baǒ liú fù zhì ] semiconservative replication |
半信半疑 | [ bàn xìn bàn yí ] half doubting, dubious, skeptical |
半個 | [ bàn ge ] half of sth |
半個人 | [ bàn ge rén ] (not) a single person, (no) one |
半價 | [ bàn jià ] half price |
半公開 | [ bàn gōng kaī ] semiovert, more or less open |
半分 | [ bàn fēn ] a little bit |
半分兒 | [ bàn fēn ] erhua variant of 半分[ban4 fen1] |
半勞動力 | [ bàn laó dòng lì ] one able to do light manual labor only, semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker |
半半拉拉 | [ bàn bàn lā lā ] incomplete, unfinished |
半吊子 | [ bàn zi ] dabbler, smatterer, tactless and impulsive person |
半圓 | [ bàn yuán ] semicircle |
半圓儀 | [ bàn yuán yí ] protractor |
半圓形 | [ bàn yuán xíng ] semicircular |
半坡 | [ bàn pō ] Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 |
半坡村 | [ bàn pō cūn ] archaeological site near Xi'an |
半坡遺址 | [ bàn pō yí zhǐ ] Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 |
半場 | [ bàn chǎng ] half of a game or contest, half-court |
半壁江山 | [ bàn bì jiāng shān ] half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands), vast swathe of territory |
半壁河山 | [ bàn bì hé shān ] see 半壁江山[ban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1] |
半夏 | [ bàn xià ] Pinellia ternata |
半夜 | [ bàn yè ] midnight, in the middle of the night |
半夜三更 | [ bàn yè sān gēng ] in the depth of night, late at night |
半夢半醒 | [ bàn mèng bàn xǐng ] half-awake, half-asleep |
半天 | [ bàn tiān ] half of the day, a long time, quite a while, midair, CL:個|个[ge4] |
半失業 | [ bàn shī yè ] semi-employed, partly employed, underemployed |
半官方 | [ bàn guān fāng ] semiofficial |
半封建 | [ bàn fēng jiàn ] semifeudal |
半封建半殖民地 | [ bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì ] semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang) |
半導瓷 | [ bàn daǒ cí ] semiconducting ceramic (electronics) |
半導體 | [ bàn daǒ tǐ ] semiconductor |
半導體探測器 | [ bàn daǒ tǐ tàn cè qì ] semiconductor detector |
半導體超點陣 | [ bàn daǒ tǐ chaō diǎn zhèn ] semiconductor superlattice |
半小時 | [ bàn shí ] half hour |
半履帶車 | [ bàn lǚ daì chē ] half-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear) |
半山區 | [ bàn shān qū ] mid-levels (in Hong Kong) |
半島 | [ bàn daǒ ] peninsula |
半島和東方航海 | [ bàn daǒ hé dōng fāng háng haǐ ] P&O, Peninsula and Oriental shipping company |
半島國際學校 | [ bàn daǒ guó jì xué ] International School of the Penninsula |
半島電視台 | [ bàn daǒ diàn shì taí ] Al Jazeera (Arabic news network) |
半工半讀 | [ bàn gōng bàn dú ] part work, part study, work-study program |
半年 | [ bàn nián ] half a year |
半徑 | [ bàn jìng ] radius |
半復賽 | [ bàn fù saì ] eighth finals |
半懂不懂 | [ bàn dǒng bù dǒng ] to not fully understand, to only partly understand |
半成品 | [ bàn chéng pǐn ] semi-manufactured goods, semifinished articles, semifinished products |
半截 | [ bàn jié ] half (of sth), halfway through |
半截衫 | [ bàn jié shān ] upper jacket |
半打 | [ bàn dá ] half a dozen |
半托 | [ bàn tuō ] day care |
半拉 | [ bàn lǎ ] half |
半拱 | [ bàn gǒng ] semiarch, half arch |
半排出期 | [ bàn paí chū qī ] half-life |
半推半就 | [ bàn tuī bàn jiù ] half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance |
半數 | [ bàn shù ] half the number, half |
半數以上 | [ bàn shù yǐ shàng ] more than half |
半文盲 | [ bàn wén máng ] semiliterate |
半斤八兩 | [ bàn jīn bā liǎng ] not much to choose between the two, tweedledum and tweedledee |
半旗 | [ bàn qí ] half-mast, half-staff |
半日制學校 | [ bàn rì zhì xué ] half-day (or double-shift) school |
半日工作 | [ bàn rì gōng zuò ] part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon |
半明不滅 | [ bàn míng bù miè ] dull (lamplight) |
半晌 | [ bàn shǎng ] half of the day, a long time, quite a while |
半月 | [ bàn yuè ] half-moon, fortnight |
半月刊 | [ bàn yuè kān ] fortnightly, twice a month |
半月板 | [ bàn yuè bǎn ] meniscus (anatomy) |
半月瓣 | [ bàn yuè bàn ] semilunar valve (anatomy) |
半桶水 | [ bàn tǒng shuǐ ] (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited, superficial, half-baked, sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth), dabbler |
半條命 | [ bàn mìng ] half a life, only half alive, barely alive, (scared, beaten etc) half to death |
半橋 | [ bàn ] half bridge (electronics) |
半死 | [ bàn sǐ ] half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc), (tired) to death, (terrified) out of one's wits, (beaten) to within an inch of one's life, (knock) the daylights out of sb |
半殖民地 | [ bàn zhí mín dì ] semicolonial |
半決賽 | [ bàn jué saì ] semifinals |
半流體 | [ bàn liú tǐ ] semifluid |
半無限 | [ bàn wú xiàn ] semi-infinite |
半熟練 | [ bàn shú liàn ] semiskilled |
半球 | [ bàn qiú ] hemisphere |
半瓶子醋 | [ bàn píng zi cù ] see 半瓶醋[ban4 ping2 cu4] |
半瓶水響叮噹 | [ bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng ] lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom), fig. empty vessels make the most noise, one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest |
半瓶醋 | [ bàn píng cù ] dabbler, dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert |
半生 | [ bàn shēng ] half a lifetime |
半生不熟 | [ bàn shēng bù shoú ] underripe, half-cooked, (fig.) not mastered (of a technique), clumsy, halting |
半白 | [ bàn baí ] fifty (years of age) |
半百 | [ bàn baǐ ] fifty (usually referring to sb's age) |
半真半假 | [ bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ ] (idiom) half true and half false |
半神 | [ bàn shén ] demigod |
半票 | [ bàn ] half-price ticket, half fare |
半空 | [ bàn kōng ] midair |
半空中 | [ bàn kōng zhōng ] in midair, in the air |
半糖夫妻 | [ bàn táng fū qī ] weekend spouse, relationship involving a sugar-daddy |
半翅目 | [ bàn chì mù ] Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids) |
半老徐娘 | [ bàn laǒ xú niáng ] middle-aged but still attractive woman, lady of a certain age |
半職 | [ bàn zhí ] part-time work |
半胱氨酸 | [ bàn guāng ān suān ] cysteine (Cys), an amino acid, mercaptoethyl amine |
半脫產 | [ bàn tuō chǎn ] partly released from productive labor, partly released from one's regular work |
半腰 | [ bàn yaō ] middle, halfway |
半腱肌 | [ bàn jiàn jī ] semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh |
半膜肌 | [ bàn mó jī ] semimembranosus (anatomy) |
半自動 | [ bàn zì dòng ] semiautomatic |
半自耕農 | [ bàn zì gēng nóng ] semi-tenant peasant, semi-owner peasant |
半表半裡 | [ bàn bàn lǐ ] half outside, half inside, half interior, half exterior |
半衰期 | [ bàn qī ] half-life |
半裸體 | [ bàn luǒ tǐ ] half-naked |
半規則 | [ bàn guī zé ] quasi-regular |
半規管 | [ bàn guī guǎn ] semicircular canal |
半視野 | [ bàn shì yě ] half visual field |
半跏坐 | [ bàn jiā zuò ] sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva) |
半路 | [ bàn lù ] halfway, midway, on the way |
半路出家 | [ bàn lù chū jiā ] switch to a job one was not trained for |
半路殺出個程咬金 | [ bàn lù shā chū gè chéng yaǒ jīn ] lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying), fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan, sb whose presence is regarded as irksome |
半路殺出的程咬金 | [ bàn lù shā chū de chéng yaǒ jīn ] see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[ban4 lu4 sha1 chu1 ge4 Cheng2 Yao3 jin1] |
半蹲 | [ bàn dūn ] half squat |
半蹼鷸 | [ bàn pǔ yù ] (bird species of China) Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) |
半身不遂 | [ bàn shēn bù suì ] paralysis of one side of the body, hemiplegia |
半身像 | [ bàn shēn xiàng ] half-length photo or portrait, bust |
半軸 | [ bàn zhoú ] semiaxis, half axle |
半載 | [ bàn zaǐ ] half a year |
半載 | [ bàn zaì ] half load |
半輩子 | [ bàn beì zi ] half of a lifetime |
半透明 | [ bàn toù míng ] translucent, semitransparent |
半途 | [ bàn tú ] halfway, midway |
半途而廢 | [ bàn tú ér feì ] to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished |
半通不通 | [ bàn tōng bù tōng ] to not fully understand (idiom) |
半邊 | [ bàn biān ] half of sth, one side of sth |
半邊天 | [ bàn biān tiān ] half the sky, women of the new society, womenfolk |
半長軸 | [ bàn cháng zhoú ] semiaxis, radius |
半開化 | [ bàn kaī huà ] semicivilized |
半開半關 | [ bàn kaī bàn guān ] half-open, half closed |
半開門 | [ bàn kaī mén ] half-open door, fig. prostitute |
半開門兒 | [ bàn kaī mén ] erhua variant of 半開門|半开门[ban4 kai1 men2] |
半間不界 | [ bàn gān bù gà ] shallow, not thorough, superficial |
半音 | [ bàn yīn ] semitone |
半音程 | [ bàn yīn chéng ] semitone |
半響 | [ bàn xiǎng ] half the day, a long time, quite a while |
半麻醉 | [ bàn má zuì ] local anesthetic, anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth) |
半點 | [ bàn diǎn ] the least bit |
⇒ 一個半 | [ yī ge bàn ] one and a half |
⇒ 一半 | [ yī bàn ] half |
⇒ 一半天 | [ yī bàn tiān ] in a day or two, soon |
⇒ 一年半 | [ yī nián bàn ] a year and a half |
⇒ 一年半載 | [ yī nián bàn zaǐ ] about a year |
⇒ 一星半點 | [ yī xīng bàn diǎn ] just the tiniest bit, a hint of |
⇒ 一時半刻 | [ yī shí bàn kè ] a short time, a little while |
⇒ 一時半晌 | [ yī shí bàn shǎng ] a short time, a little while |
⇒ 一時半會 | [ yī shí bàn huì ] a short time, a little while |
⇒ 一時半會兒 | [ yī shí bàn huì ] a short time, a little while |
⇒ 一時半霎 | [ yī shí bàn shà ] a short time, a little while |
⇒ 一瓶子不響,半瓶子晃蕩 | [ yī píng zi bù xiǎng bàn píng zi huàng dang ] lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom), fig. empty vessels make the most noise |
⇒ 一知半解 | [ yī zhī bàn jiě ] lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge, dilettante, amateur |
⇒ 一鱗半爪 | [ yī lín bàn zhuǎ ] lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces |
⇒ 三更半夜 | [ sān gēng bàn yè ] in the depth of the night, very late at night |
⇒ 上半 | [ shàng bàn ] first half |
⇒ 上半夜 | [ shàng bàn yè ] first half of the night, time before midnight |
⇒ 上半天 | [ shàng bàn tiān ] morning |
⇒ 上半年 | [ shàng bàn nián ] first half (of a year) |
⇒ 上半晌 | [ shàng bàn shǎng ] forenoon, morning, a.m. |
⇒ 上半葉 | [ shàng bàn yè ] the first half (of a period) |
⇒ 上半身 | [ shàng bàn shēn ] the upper body |
⇒ 上半部分 | [ shàng bàn bù fèn ] upper part, top half |
⇒ 下半 | [ xià bàn ] second half |
⇒ 下半天 | [ xià bàn tiān ] afternoon |
⇒ 下半年 | [ xià bàn nián ] second half of the year |
⇒ 下半身 | [ xià bàn shēn ] lower half of one's body, Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) |
⇒ 中南半島 | [ zhōng nán bàn daǒ ] Indochina |
⇒ 中印半島 | [ zhōng yìn bàn daǒ ] Indochina, also written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] |
⇒ 事倍功半 | [ shì beì gōng bàn ] twice the effort for half the result |
⇒ 事半功倍 | [ shì bàn gōng beì ] half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results, a stitch in time saves nine |
⇒ 伊比利亞半島 | [ yī bǐ lì yà bàn daǒ ] Iberian Peninsula |
⇒ 克里木半島 | [ kè lǐ mù bàn daǒ ] Crimea, the Crimean peninsula |
⇒ 前半夜 | [ qián bàn yè ] first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) |
⇒ 前半天 | [ qián bàn tiān ] morning, a.m., first half of the day |
⇒ 前半天兒 | [ qián bàn tiān ] erhua variant of 前半天[qian2 ban4 tian1] |
⇒ 前半晌 | [ qián bàn shǎng ] morning, a.m., first half of the day |
⇒ 前半晌兒 | [ qián bàn shǎng ] erhua variant of 前半晌[qian2 ban4 shang3] |
⇒ 前半生 | [ qián bàn shēng ] first half of one's life |
⇒ 勘察加半島 | [ kān chá jiā bàn daǒ ] Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia |
⇒ 北半球 | [ beǐ bàn qiú ] Northern Hemisphere |
⇒ 半信半疑 | [ bàn xìn bàn yí ] half doubting, dubious, skeptical |
⇒ 半半拉拉 | [ bàn bàn lā lā ] incomplete, unfinished |
⇒ 半夢半醒 | [ bàn mèng bàn xǐng ] half-awake, half-asleep |
⇒ 半封建半殖民地 | [ bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì ] semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang) |
⇒ 半工半讀 | [ bàn gōng bàn dú ] part work, part study, work-study program |
⇒ 半推半就 | [ bàn tuī bàn jiù ] half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance |
⇒ 半真半假 | [ bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ ] (idiom) half true and half false |
⇒ 半表半裡 | [ bàn bàn lǐ ] half outside, half inside, half interior, half exterior |
⇒ 半開半關 | [ bàn kaī bàn guān ] half-open, half closed |
⇒ 南半球 | [ nán bàn qiú ] Southern Hemisphere |
⇒ 南極洲半島 | [ nán jí zhoū bàn daǒ ] the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America) |
⇒ 印度支那半島 | [ yìn dù zhī nà bàn daǒ ] Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period), now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] |
⇒ 印支半島 | [ yìn zhī bàn daǒ ] Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島|印度支那半岛[Yin4 du4 zhi1 na4 Ban4 dao3]), now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3] |
⇒ 原子半徑 | [ yuán zǐ bàn jìng ] atomic radius |
⇒ 參半 | [ cān bàn ] half, half and half, both ... and ..., just as much ... as ..., equally |
⇒ 及時處理,事半功倍 | [ jí shí chǔ lǐ shì bàn gōng beì ] timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort, the right approach saves effort and leads to better results, a stitch in time saves nine |
⇒ 另一半 | [ lìng yī bàn ] other half, (fig.) spouse, one's better half |
⇒ 喜憂參半 | [ xǐ yoū cān bàn ] to have mixed feelings (about sth) |
⇒ 堪察加半島 | [ kān chá jiā bàn daǒ ] Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia |
⇒ 多半 | [ duō bàn ] most, mostly, most likely |
⇒ 夜半 | [ yè bàn ] midnight |
⇒ 大半 | [ dà bàn ] more than half, greater part, most, probably, most likely |
⇒ 大半夜 | [ dà bàn yè ] the middle of the night |
⇒ 太半 | [ taì bàn ] more than half, a majority, most, mostly |
⇒ 好半天 | [ haǒ bàn tiān ] most of the day |
⇒ 婦女能頂半邊天 | [ fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān ] Woman can hold up half the sky, fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society |
⇒ 對半 | [ duì bàn ] half-and-half, 50-50, to double |
⇒ 小半 | [ bàn ] a portion smaller than a half, the lesser part, the smaller part |
⇒ 少女露笑臉,婚事半成全 | [ shaò nǚ lù liǎn hūn shì bàn chéng quán ] When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom) |
⇒ 尤卡坦半島 | [ yoú kǎ tǎn bàn daǒ ] Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) |
⇒ 山東半島 | [ shān dōng bàn daǒ ] Shandong Peninsula |
⇒ 巴爾幹半島 | [ bā ěr gàn bàn daǒ ] Balkan Peninsula |
⇒ 平生不做虧心事,半夜敲門心不驚 | [ píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì bàn yè mén xīn bù jīng ] He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night., Rest with a clear conscience. |
⇒ 後半 | [ hoù bàn ] latter half |
⇒ 後半場 | [ hoù bàn chǎng ] second half (of sporting competition) |
⇒ 後半生 | [ hoù bàn shēng ] latter half of one's life |
⇒ 後半葉 | [ hoù bàn yè ] latter half (of a decade, century etc) |
⇒ 徐娘半老 | [ xú niáng bàn laǒ ] middle-aged but still attractive woman, lady of a certain age |
⇒ 恆春半島 | [ héng chūn bàn daǒ ] Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], the southernmost point of Taiwan |
⇒ 慢半拍 | [ màn bàn paī ] (music) a half-beat behind, (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc) |
⇒ 折半 | [ zhé bàn ] to reduce by fifty percent, half-price |
⇒ 晚半天兒 | [ wǎn ban tiān ] late afternoon |
⇒ 月半 | [ yuè bàn ] 15th of the month |
⇒ 朝鮮半島 | [ chaó xiǎn bàn daǒ ] Korean Peninsula |
⇒ 東半球 | [ dōng bàn qiú ] the Eastern Hemisphere, the Old World |
⇒ 東西半球 | [ dōng xī bàn qiú ] East and West hemispheres |
⇒ 正半軸 | [ zhèng bàn zhoú ] positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry) |
⇒ 泰半 | [ taì bàn ] more than half, a majority, most, mostly |
⇒ 涼了半截 | [ liáng le bàn jié ] felt a chill (in one's heart), (one's heart) sank |
⇒ 深更半夜 | [ shēn gēng bàn yè ] in the dead of night (idiom) |
⇒ 減半 | [ jiǎn bàn ] to reduce by half |
⇒ 特許半導體 | [ tè xǔ bàn daǒ tǐ ] Chartered Semiconductor |
⇒ 矮半截 | [ aǐ bàn jié ] to be inferior to, to be of a lower grade than |
⇒ 罰半蹲 | [ fá bàn dūn ] to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward |
⇒ 老半天 | [ laǒ bàn tiān ] (coll.) a long time |
⇒ 行百里者半九十 | [ xíng baǐ lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí ] lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom), fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets, a task is not done until it's done |
⇒ 西半球 | [ xī bàn qiú ] Western Hemisphere |
⇒ 西奈半島 | [ xī naì bàn daǒ ] Sinai Peninsula |
⇒ 話不投機半句多 | [ huà bù toú jī bàn jù duō ] when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom) |
⇒ 諾曼底半島 | [ nuò màn dǐ bàn daǒ ] Normandy peninsula |
⇒ 過半 | [ guò bàn ] over fifty percent, more than half |
⇒ 遼東半島 | [ dōng bàn daǒ ] Liaodong Peninsula |
⇒ 酒至半酣 | [ jiǔ zhì bàn hān ] to drink until one is half drunk |
⇒ 阿拉伯半島 | [ ā lā bó bàn daǒ ] Arabian Peninsula |
⇒ 雷州半島 | [ leí zhoū bàn daǒ ] Leizhou Peninsula |
⇒ 韓半島 | [ hán bàn daǒ ] Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage) |
⇒ 頭半天 | [ toú bàn tiān ] morning, first half of the day |
⇒ 頭半天兒 | [ toú bàn tiān ] erhua variant of 頭半天|头半天[tou2 ban4 tian1] |
⇒ 馬來半島 | [ mǎ laí bàn daǒ ] Malay Peninsula |
⇒ 黑天半夜 | [ heī tiān bàn yè ] lit. the black sky of midnight, very late at night (idiom) |