半 bàn half

Example sentences

我吃了半个苹果。Wǒ chī le bàn gè píngguǒ.I ate half an apple.
现在是三点半。Xiànzài shì sān diǎn bàn.It is three thirty now.

HSK 3 — the intermediate threshold: 300 new words, 600 in all. You can communicate in daily life, study and travel in China. In HSK 3.0, 半 is in band 1. HSK 3 explained

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This is the Chinese word for half, and here it is in a sentence.

中半。

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中我吃了半个苹果。

I ate half an apple. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

半 is written in 5 strokes.

半 — the Chinese character for half (bàn), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 半 — half

Senses

half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half

Related words

Where 半 lives

HSK 3 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 1 Practise Topic: Numbers Practise Topic: Quantities and measures Practise

半 is pronounced bàn and means “half”.