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Chinese
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half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
day; sky; heaven
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simp. and trad.
(半天)
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半
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天
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Pronunciation
Noun
半天
- half a day
- (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。 [MSC, trad.]
她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà.
- She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
寶玉瞅了半天，方說道「你放心」三個字。 [MSC, trad.]
宝玉瞅了半天，方说道「你放心」三个字。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》／《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32
- Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì.
- Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？ [MSC, trad.]
搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？ [MSC, simp.]- From: 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
- Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng?
- I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
Synonyms
- (half a day): 半日 (bànrì), 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Cantonese) 半晝／半昼; (Hokkien) 半工 (pòaⁿ-kang), 半晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)
- (a long time): 半日 (bànrì)
- 全日 (quánrì)
- 全天 (quántiān)