Chinese Traditional:
Chinese Simplified:
Pinyin: ban4
Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
English Meaning: 1. half 2. incomplete, partly 3. half (noun)
German Meaning: halb, teilweise
Spanish Meaning: incompleto, medio

Example Sentences:

今天我的工作夥伴早來了半小時。
今天我的工作夥伴早来了半小时。
jin1 tian1 wo3 de5 gong1 zuo4 huo3 ban4 zao3 lai2 le5 ban4 xiao3 shi2.
My co-worker came here half an hour earlier today.
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她因為眼睛感染而半盲。
她因为眼睛感染而半盲。
ta1 yin1 wei4 yan3 jing1 gan3 ran3 er2 ban4 mang2.
She is partially blind, due to an eye infection.
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酒逢知己千杯少,話不投機半句多。
酒逢知己千杯少,话不投机半句多。
jiu3 feng2 zhi1 ji3 qian1 bei1 shao3, hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1 ban4 ju4 duo1.
A thousand cups of wine are too few when drinking with close friends. It is a waste of breath to talk to whom one can't see eye to eye.
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