半

Meaning(numeral)

half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

False friend: the Sino-Vietnamese bán here means half; to sell is 卖.

Examples

• 现在三点半。

  xiàn zài sān diǎn bàn.

  It's half past three.

• 我等了半个小时。

  wǒ děng le bàn gè xiǎo shí.

  I waited half an hour.

• 他学了一年半汉语。

  tā xué le yì nián bàn hàn yǔ.

  He studied Chinese for a year and a half.

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