半天
Chinese
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
day; sky; heaven | ||
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simp. and trad. (半天) |
半 | 天 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàntian
- Wade–Giles: pan4-tʻien1
- Yale: bàn-tyān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntian
- Palladius: баньтянь (banʹtjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bàntianr
- Wade–Giles: pan4-tʻien1-ʼrh
- Yale: bàn-tyānr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntial
- Palladius: баньтяньр (banʹtjanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bun3 tin1
- Yale: bun tīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: bun3 tin1
- Guangdong Romanization: bun3 tin1
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 半天
Synonyms
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 半天
- for a long time; for quite a while; for a while; forever
- 寶玉瞅了半天,方說道「你放心」三個字。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1754: (deprecated template usage) 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》/《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32
- Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì. [Pinyin]
- Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
宝玉瞅了半天,方说道「你放心」三个字。 [MSC, simp.]- 搞了半天都未能解決,有沒有維基人能幫幫忙? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2006: Encyclopedist, (deprecated template usage) 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
- Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng? [Pinyin]
- I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
搞了半天都未能解决,有没有维基人能帮帮忙? [MSC, simp.]
- midair
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