上半

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (上半)		上	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ bun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): song-pan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngbàn
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-pan⁴
    • Yale: shàng-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbann
    • Palladius: шанбань (šanbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ bun³
    • Yale: seuhng bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² puːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: song ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song⁴ ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/

Noun

上半

1. upper half

Antonyms

• 下半 (xiàbàn)

Derived terms

• 上半天 (shàngbàntiān)
• 上半年 (shàngbànnián)
• 上半身 (shàngbànshēn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	半
じょう Grade: 1	はん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

上(じょう)半(はん) • (jōhan) 

1. first half; upper half