| 半 | 352C20 22.10 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄅㄢˋ [ban4] | ||
| N. | Half: 一天半，一天又半 one and half days; 夜半=半夜 midnight; 薪俸之一半 half one's salary; 大半，少半（小半） greater, lesser half; 對半 fifty-fifty; 多半 adv., most probably, greater half; 減半 reduce by half. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Half number, amount or measure: 半小時 half an hour; 半個時辰 half of two-hour period; 半日，半月，半元，半打 half day, half month, half dollar, half dozen; 半生，半世 half a lifetime, very long time; 半費，半價（半折） 50% discount in fees, price; 半途，半道 midway, 半不道=半道; 半途而廢 leave off (a task) halfway; 半路出家 without solid foundation or training; 半面之交（雅） a once-met acquaintance. (2) Not even a little: 半步不能行 cannot move (half) a step; 半籌莫展 could not do a thing. (3) 半…半 half and half: 半懂半不懂 not fully understand; 半推半就 (of woman) half yield and half deny; 半吞半吐 speak with reservation, will not come out with it; 半明半暗 half open, half underhand; 半信半疑 half believe, not quite believe; 半工半讀 work while studying at school; 半青半黃 not quite mature, knowing a subject or lesson half well. (4) 半…不 (combined with opposite): 半新不舊 half-new (dress); 半生不熟 having casual acquaintance; not well learned (lesson) 半死不活 dead-alive. | |||||
| Words | 1. 半百 [ban4bai3], n., half hundred. 2. 半半路路 [ban4ban4lu4lu4], adv., halfway, midway (also 半半落落). 3. 半包兒 [ban4bao1er0], n., mean trick: 別跟我掏這個半包兒 lay off your dirty trick. 4. 半邊人 [ban4bian1ren2], n., (coll.) widow or widower. 5. 半彪子 [ban4biao1zi0], n., heady, young fellow. 6. 半壁 [ban4bi4], n., (of a country) half, a slice of territory. 7. 半大小子 [ban4da0xiao3zi0], n., boy in puberty. 8. 半島 [ban4dao3], n., peninsula. 9. 半弔子 [ban4diao4zi0], n., immature person. 10. 半瘋兒 [ban4feng1er0]([ban4feer0]), n., a highly unconventional person, a crank. 11. 半規 [ban4gui1], n., semicircle. 12. 半憨子 [ban4han1zi0], n., half-crazy person. 13. 半截劍 [ban4jie2jian4], n., small but smart person; 14. 半截兒 [ban4jie2er0], n., half of a body, a half part; 15. 半截塔 [ban4jie2ta3], n., a tall, husky person (half a pagoda). 16. 半徑 [ban4jing4], n., radius. 17. 半斤八兩 [ban4jin1ba1liang3], phr., not much to choose between the two. 18. 半中間 [ban4zhong1jian1], n., midway, also 半中腰 [ban4zhong1yao1]. 19. 半殖民地 [ban4zhi2min2di4], n., semi-colony. 20. 半開門兒 [ban4kai1merer0], n., secret prostitute (half-open door), also 半掩門兒. 21. 半開眼兒 [ban4kai1ya3er0], n. & adj., pseudo-professional. 22. 半空中 [ban4kong1zhong1], adv., in, out of the sky. 23. 半拉 [ban4la0], n., half a piece. 24. 半瓶醋 [ban4ping2cu4], n., a man with superficial knowledge of a subject. 25. 半晌 [ban4shang3], n., a long time: 等了你半晌 have been waiting you for a long time. 26. 半身不遂 [ban4shen1bu4shui4], adj., half-paralyzed. 27. 半生 [ban4sheng1], (1) n., half a lifetime; (2) adj., immature, half-cooked. 28. 半夏 [ban4xia4], n., (bot.) Pinellia tuberifera, a medicinal herb. 29. 半夏稻 [ban4xia4dao4], n., rice crop harvested in Sept.-Oct. 30. 半仙 [ban4xian1], n., Taoist magician, “half an immortal,” fortuneteller; n., 半仙戲 [ban4xian1xi4], n., the swing (a sport). 31. 半歇 [ban4xie1], n., see [ban4shang1]↑. 32. 半天 [ban4tian1], n., half a day, a very long time. 33. 半子 [ban4zi3], n., son-in-law. 34. 半夜 [ban4ye4], n., midnight. 35. 半音階 [ban4yin1jie1], n., chromatic scale. 36. 半圓規 [ban4yUan2gui1], n., protractor. 37. 半語子 [ban4yU3zi0], n., one who stutters. | |||||