半
天

Half of the day in Chinese: 半天 (bàn tiān)

bàn tiān

half of the day

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Definitions

  1. 1half of the day
  2. 2a long time
  3. 3quite a while
  4. 4midair

Stroke order

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半
天

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄧㄢ

tiān

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 我等了你半天！

    wǒ děng le nǐ bàn tiān！

    I've been waiting for you for ages!

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Related words

半

bàn

half

天

tiān

day

今天

jīn tiān

today

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

天气

tiān qì

weather

昨天

zuó tiān

yesterday

聊天

liáo tiān

to chat

天空

tiān kōng

sky

天真

tiān zhēn

naive

白天

bái tiān

daytime

半年

bàn nián

half a year

后天

hòu tiān

the day after tomorrow

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