半……半……

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half			half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (半……半……)		半	…	…	半	…	…

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn bàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn...bàn...
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn bàn
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴ pan⁴
    • Yale: bàn bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann bann
    • Palladius: бань бань (banʹ banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/

Idiom

半……半……

1. Used before two words or morphemes with opposite meanings: half …, half …

   半文半白  ―  bànwénbànbái  ―  half literary, half vernacular

   半饑半飽／半饥半饱  ―  bànjībànbǎo  ―  underfed; half-starving

   半推半就  ―  bàntuībànjiù  ―  to accept while pretending to refuse

   半信半疑  ―  bànxìnbànyí  ―  half-believing, half-doubting

Synonyms

• 半……不…… (bàn bù)