半休

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Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to rest
simp. and trad. (半休)		半	休

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-hiu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànsiou
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-hsiu¹
  - Yale: bàn-syōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshiou
  - Palladius: баньсю (banʹsju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ jau¹
  - Yale: bun yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-hiu
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarhiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hiu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ hiu⁴⁴/

Verb

半休

to take a half-day rest

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	休
はん Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんきゅう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

半(はん)休(きゅう) • (hankyū) ^{←はんきう (fankiu)^?}

taking half of one's shift off; taking a half day

See also

午前休(ごぜんきゅう) (gozen-kyū)
午後休(ごごきゅう) (gogo-kyū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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