一時半會

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (一時半會)		一	時	半	會
simp. (一时半会)		一	时	半	会

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshíbànhuì, yīshíbànhuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ, ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ si⁴ bun³ wui⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànhuì [Phonetic: yìshíbànhuì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-hui⁴
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannhuey
    • Palladius: ишибаньхуэй (išibanʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一時半會兒／一时半会儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànhuìr [Phonetic: yìshíbànhuìr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànhuèir
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-hui⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-hwèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannhuell
    • Palladius: ишибаньхуэйр (išibanʹxuejr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯əɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànhuǐ [Phonetic: yìshíbànhuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànhuěi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-hui³
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-hwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannhoei
    • Palladius: ишибаньхуэй (išibanʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一時半會兒／一时半会儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshíbànhuǐr [Phonetic: yìshíbànhuǐr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄟˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishíhbànhuěir
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih²-pan⁴-hui³-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-shŕ-bàn-hwěir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrbannhoel
    • Palladius: ишибаньхуэйр (išibanʹxuejr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pän⁵¹ xu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ si⁴ bun³ wui⁶
    • Yale: yāt sìh bun wuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ si⁴ bun³ wui⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ xi⁴ bun³ wui⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ puːn³³ wuːi̯²²/

Noun

一時半會

1. (colloquial, usually in negative sentences) a short while; brief period of time