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半
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Definitions
- 1. half
- 2. semi-
- 3. incomplete
- 4. (after a number) and a half
Example Sentences
1 shown婚前張開眼，婚後 半 閉眼。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 半
dull (lamplight)
first half
half outside, half inside
one and a half
morning
translucent
Southern Hemisphere
the Eastern Hemisphere
Balkan Peninsula
half a year
half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
half bridge (electronics)
(bird species of China) Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
half-life
half-life
mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
afternoon
halfway
latter half of one's life
Indochina
midnight
lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying)
half of a lifetime
see 半壁江山[bàn bì jiāng shān]
fortnightly
a short time
half-naked
half a life
Centaurus (constellation)
peninsula
positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)
more than half
semicircle
half of sth
dabbler
incomplete
more than half
first half (of a year)
lit. the black sky of midnight
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
not much to choose between the two
fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
local anesthetic
weekend spouse
Shandong Peninsula
half-awake
dabbler
(not) a single person
semiliterate
galactosemia
a short time
see 半瓶醋[bàn píng cù]
half-mast
semifluid
semimembranosus (anatomy)
quasi-regular
semifinals
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)
middle-aged but still attractive woman
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
semiarch
half
half hour
second half
a short time
International School of the Penninsula
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
semiaxis
lower half of one's body
When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
semilunar valve (anatomy)
Chartered Semiconductor
day care
the first half (of a period)
Pinellia ternata
semicivilized
half of sth
in the depth of night
in the depth of the night; very late at night
(music) a half-beat behind
now written 中南半島|中南半岛[zhōng nán bàn dǎo]
half-day (or double-shift) school
semiconductor detector
semiconducting ceramic (electronics)
most
half a year
15th of the month
partly released from productive labor
semicolonial
Liaodong Peninsula
a little bit
half the number; half
Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
half squat
galactose (CH2O)6
to not fully understand
half the day
Western Hemisphere
semiofficial
Sinai Peninsula
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
half-open door
half a dozen
half (of sth)
first half of one's life
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
forenoon
radius
midair
semi-tenant peasant
half of the day
semiaxis
felt a chill (in one's heart)
a portion smaller than a half
when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], the southernmost point of Taiwan
middle-aged but still attractive woman
half load
fifty (years of age)
over fifty percent
to reduce by fifty percent
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
more than half
lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
one able to do light manual labor only
in a day or two
a year and a half
just the tiniest bit
latter half
part work, part study
half visual field
halfway
midnight
paralysis of one side of the body
first half of the night
half
(coll.) half
semitone
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
eighth finals
half of the day
in the dead of night (idiom)
half-and-half
first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
upper part
protractor
semiconductor
demigod
semitone
semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
Normandy peninsula
middle
semi-infinite
semiconservative replication
about a year
to reduce by half
half-price ticket
hemisphere
timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort
second half of the year
Korean Peninsula
part-time work
half-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear)
most of the day
twice the effort for half the result
half doubting
semiskilled
more than half
semicircular
the upper body
half a lifetime
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid
semiovert
East and West hemispheres
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
atomic radius
underripe
Leizhou Peninsula
(idiom) half true and half false
Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
half-length photo or portrait
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
semifeudal
Iberian Peninsula
switch to a job one was not trained for
the middle of the night
(medicine) semi-liquid food
half-open, half closed
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
other half
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)
(coll.) a long time
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
semi-employed
in midair
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
half-moon
Northern Hemisphere
half the sky
see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[bàn lù shā chū gè chéng yǎo jīn]
shallow
part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
half price
now written 中南半島|中南半岛[zhōng nán bàn dǎo]
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited
Malay Peninsula
centaur (mythology)
meniscus (anatomy)
(anatomy) semicircular canal
second half (of sporting competition)
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
half of a game or contest
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
middle
to be inferior to
semiconductor superlattice
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
semi-manufactured goods
Arabian Peninsula
upper jacket
Indochina
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
the least bit
archaeological site near Xi'an
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
morning
semiautomatic
the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America)
to drink until one is half drunk
morning
more than half
a short time
to not fully understand (idiom)
morning
Crimea