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半 [bàn]
  1. 1. numeral [二分之一] half
    半价
    half price
  2. 2. numeral [很少] very few
    他半个字都没写。
    He'd hardly written anything.
  3. 3. noun middle
    半夜
    midnight
  4. 4. adverb partially
    半新
    almost new
    他合上半开着的书。
    He closed the half-open book.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

半 [bàn]
  1. 1. half

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

半 [bàn]
  1. 1. 数 二分之一
    半斤
    半价
    一半
    半日制。
  2. 2. 形 在……中间
    半途而废
    半山腰
    半夜。
  3. 3. 形 表示接近半数
    半壁江山
    映红了半边天。
  4. 4. 副 不完全
    半透明
    半新
    半躺着
    半生半熟。
  5. 5. 数 表示量很少
    连半句话都不说
    一星半点
    一知半解。
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这篇文章写得半文半白的。
This paper is written in a confusing linguistic style.
半睡半醒之间，他忽然听见有人叫他的名字。
Halfway between sleeping and awake, he suddenly heard someone call his name.
才不过半个小时，我的工作已经完成一小半了。
I finish almost half of my task in less than half an hour.
小雄这次考得不好，总感觉比同学矮半截。
Xiao Xiong failed this exam. He felt inferior in front of his classmates.
他给妻子买了一件半大的皮衣。
He bought a medium-sized piece of leather clothing for his wife.
像小强这样半大不小的孩子，最淘气。
Children who are neither old nor young, like little Qiang, are the naughtiest.
我们快到半当腰时，忽然下雨了。
When we climbed halfway up the hill, it suddenly began to rain.
半道儿上汽车竟然抛锚了，我们急坏了。
The car broke down halfway, we were very anxious.
看你，简直就是一个半疯儿了。
Look at you, you seem half crazy.
风把他的气球吹到了半空。
The wind blew his balloon into the sky.
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