參半

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (參半)		參	半
simp. (参半)		参	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ bun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canbàn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-pan⁴
    • Yale: tsān-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanbann
    • Palladius: цаньбань (canʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ bun³
    • Yale: chāam bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ puːn³³/

Verb

參半

1. to be fifty-fifty

Derived terms

• 喜憂參半／喜忧参半 (xǐyōucānbàn)