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半

bàn · ban

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
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Half past seven

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)才(cái)来(lái)？我(wǒ)七点(qīdiǎn)就(jiù)到(dào)了(le)。

    Why are you only getting here now? I got here at seven.

  2. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)不是(bùshì)约好(yuēhǎo)七点(qīdiǎn)半(bàn)吗(ma)？

    Didn't we agree on half past seven?

  3. Liangliang

    啊(a)？我(wǒ)听成(tīngchéng)七点(qīdiǎn)了(le)。

    Huh? I heard it as seven.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)在(zài)这儿(zhèr)等(děng)了(le)半(bàn)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)！

    So you waited here for half an hour!

  5. Liangliang

    没关系(méiguānxi)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)半(bàn)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)的(de)小狗(xiǎogǒu)。

    No problem. I watched puppies for half an hour.

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In a sentence

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01

请(qǐng)在(zài)两(liǎng)点(diǎn)半(bàn)参(cān)加(jiā)在(zài)二(èr)楼(lóu)会(huì)议(yì)室(shì)的(de)会(huì)议(yì)。

Please attend the meeting in the second floor conference room at 2:30 p.m.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)从(cóng)早(zǎo)上(shang)九(jiǔ)点(diǎn)工(gōng)作(zuò)到(dào)下(xià)午(wǔ)五(wǔ)点(diǎn)半(bàn)。

He works from nine to five-thirty.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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