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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

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 [很少] middle
    半夜
    midnight
  4. 4. adverb [很少] partially
    半新
    almost new
    他合上半开着的书。
    He closed the half-open book.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

半 [bàn]
  1. 1. numeral half; semi-
    半小时
    half an hour
    一个半月
    a month and a half; one and a half months
    半年
    six months; half a year
    半机械化
    semi-mechanized
    增加一倍半
    increase by 150%
    半个钟头过了，她还没有回来。
    一个半月之后她就要离开北京。
    半年前我还不认识他。
    农村有很多半机械化的工厂。
    今年我国钢铁产量比去年增加了一倍半。
  2. 2. adjective in the middle; halfway
    半山腰
    halfway up a hill
    半山腰有一座房子。
  3. 3. adjective very little; the least bit
    他连半句话都不说。
    He wouldn't breathe a word.
    他不透露半个字给我们。
  4. 4. adverb partly; about half
    半开玩笑地说
    say sth. half jokingly
    房门半开着。
    The door was left half open.
    他半开玩笑地问了我一个隐私。
    门是半掩的，可以进去。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

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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Examples

增加一倍半
increase by 150% → 半
向内(前)翻腾两周半
backward (forward) tuck dive with two-and-a-half somersaults → 翻腾
我们今天下午五点半收工。
We stop work at 5: 30 this afternoon. → 收工
今年我国钢铁产量比去年增加了一倍半。 → 半
我家附近有一个半绝缘变压器。 → 绝缘
储蓄所五点半就要关门了, 你要去办理业务就快一点。
If you want to do a transaction you should hurry, because the bank closes at 5:30. → 储蓄所
他从云南回来, 给我带了半包上好烟斗丝。
He bought half a parcel of good pipe tobacco for me from Yunnan Province. → 烟斗丝
工程已经过半。
The project is already more than half way through. → 过
转体三周半。 → 周
半自动步枪。 → 半自动
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