後半

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Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (後半)		後	半
simp. (后半)		后	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòubàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòubàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòubàn
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pan⁴
  - Yale: hòu-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbann
  - Palladius: хоубань (xoubanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ bun³
  - Yale: hauh bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² puːn³³/

Noun

後半

second half

Antonyms

前半 (qiánbàn)

Derived terms

後半世／后半世
後半夜／后半夜 (hòubànyè)
後半天／后半天
後半晌／后半晌 (hòubànshǎng)
後半葉／后半叶 (hòubànyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	半
こう Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーはん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

後(こう)半(はん) • (kōhan)

second half

Antonyms

前半(ぜんはん) (zenhan)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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