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半 bàn

half

Strokes
5
Level
HSK 3
Radical
十
Type
Ideograph
Made of 丷牛 ⿻丷牛

Memory hint: A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half

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Example sentences with 半

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  1. 现在是三点半。
    Xiànzài shì sān diǎn bàn.
    It's now three thirty.
    now is three o'clock half
  2. 你要不要吃半个苹果?
    Nǐ yào bu yào chī bàn ge píngguǒ?
    Do you want half an apple?
    you want not want eat half (measure) apple
  3. 请给我半杯水。
    Qǐng gěi wǒ bàn bēi shuǐ.
    Please give me half a cup of water.
    please give me half cup water
  4. 做事不要半途而废。
    Zuò shì bú yào bàntú'érfèi.
    Don't give up halfway when doing things.
    do thing not must half-way-and-abandon
  5. 下午一点半我们开会。
    Xiàwǔ yì diǎn bàn wǒmen kāihuì.
    We have a meeting at 1:30 in the afternoon.
    afternoon one o'clock half we open-meeting

Words with 半 (3)