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half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.) |
simp. and trad.
(半日)
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半
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日
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Pronunciation
Noun
半日
- half a day
- (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
搞咗半日都未搞掂啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]- gaau2 zo2 bun3 jat6 dou1 mei6 gaau2 dim6 aa4?
- You've been doing this the whole day, and you're still not done?
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
半天 (“half a day”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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半天
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Harbin
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半天, 半晌
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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半天
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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半晌
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| Xi'an
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半天
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| Xining
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半天
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| Xuzhou
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半天
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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半天
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| Ürümqi
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半天
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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半天
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| Wuhan
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半天
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| Guiyang
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半天
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| Liuzhou
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半天
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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半天
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| Yangzhou
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半天
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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半晝
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| Dongguan
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半日
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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半日
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| Lichuan
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半日
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| Pingxiang
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半工
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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半日
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| Yudu
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半工, 半日
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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半日
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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半天, 半晌
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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半工
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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半日
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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半工, 半日, 半晡
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| Quanzhou
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半工, 半日
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| Zhangzhou
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半日
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| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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半晡仔
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| Tainan
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半工 GT, 半日 GT, 半晡 GT
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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半日
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| Haikou
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半日
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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半日
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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半日, 半天, 半白天
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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半天, 半日
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| Suzhou
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半日, 半日天
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| Danyang
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半天
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| Hangzhou
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半日
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| Ningbo
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半日
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| Wenzhou
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半日
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| Jinhua
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半日
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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半天
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| Loudi
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半日
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- (a long time): 半天 (bàntiān); (Mainland China) 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Northern Min) 半工
Derived terms
- 全日 (quánrì)
- 全天 (quántiān)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “半日”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 62.
Japanese
Noun
半日 or 半日 • (hannichi or hanjitsu)
- half a day