半

Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

• bàn伴

  accompany

  HSK 7-9
• bàn办

  do

  HSK 2
• bàn扮

  to disguise oneself as

  HSK 7-9
• bān扳

  to pull

  HSK 7-9
• bàn拌

  to mix

  HSK 7-9
• bān搬

  move

  HSK 3
• bān斑

  spot; stripe
• bǎn板

  boss

  HSK 3
• bǎn版

  page

  HSK 5
• bān班

  measure word (events)

  HSK 1
• bàn瓣

  petal; segment
• bàn绊

  trip; stumble; hinder
• bān般

  kind; sort
• bǎn闆

  boss
• bān颁

  issue; award

Example sentences

Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.

1. 01

   xiànzài现在bā八diǎn点bàn半。

   It's eight thirty now.

2. 02

   wǒ我chī吃le了bàn半gè个píngguǒ苹果。

   I ate half an apple.

3. 03

   zhè这tiáo条lù路wǒ我zǒu走le了yībàn一半。

   I've walked half of this road.

4. 04

   huìyì会议kāi开le了yī一gè个bàn半xiǎoshí小时。

   The meeting lasted an hour and a half.

5. 05

   bànnián半年qián前wǒ我hái还bù不rènshi认识tā他。

   Half a year ago I didn't know him yet.

6. 06

   bǎ把zhè这kuài块dàngāo蛋糕fēnchéng分成liǎng两bàn半。

   Divide this cake into two halves.

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