半
年

Half a year in Chinese: 半年 (bàn nián)

bàn nián

half a year

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Definitions

  1. 1half a year

Stroke order

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半
年

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄢˋ

bàn

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他半年没回家了。

    tā bàn nián méi huí jiā le。

    He hasn't been home for half a year.

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Related words

年

nián

year

半

bàn

half

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

半天

bàn tiān

half of the day

今年

jīn nián

this year

明年

míng nián

next year

新年

xīn nián

New Year

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