半天

Meaning(vocab.word.pos.mq, time word)

half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair

In speech 半天 often just means 'a long time'.

Measure words: 个

Examples

• 我等了你半天了。

  wǒ děng le nǐ bàn tiān le.

  I've been waiting for you for ages.

• 明天上午我只上半天班。

  míng tiān shàng wǔ wǒ zhī shàng bàn tiān bān.

  Tomorrow I only work half a day.

• 他想了半天也没想出来。

  tā xiǎng le bàn tiān yě méi xiǎng chū lái.

  He thought for ages but couldn't figure it out.

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