前半

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (前半)		前	半
simp. #(前半)		前	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ bun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánbàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-pan⁴
    • Yale: chyán-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanbann
    • Palladius: цяньбань (cjanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ bun³
    • Yale: chìhn bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ puːn³³/

Noun

前半

1. first half

Antonyms

• 後半／后半 (hòubàn)

Derived terms

• 前半晌 (qiánbànshǎng)
• 前半葉／前半叶 (qiánbànyè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	半
ぜん Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんはん [zèńháń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃hã̠ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)半(はん) • (zenhan) 

1. first half

Antonyms

• 後半(こうはん) (kōhan)