一半

一半

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (一半)		一	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yībàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-pan
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-pòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ buan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yībàn [Phonetic: yíbàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibann
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一半兒／一半儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yībànr [Phonetic: yíbànr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iball
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ bun³
    • Yale: yāt bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bun³
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ puːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> ban<sup>4</sup>
    • IPA: /it̚² pan⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
    • IPA: /(j)it̚² pan⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-puànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidpvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² puã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² puã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ puã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² puã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² puã²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ buan³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k puàⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/

Numeral

一半

1. one half; half

   我去過中國一半的地方。 [MSC, trad.]
   我去过中国一半的地方。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ qù guò zhōngguó yībàn de dìfāng. [Pinyin]

   I've travelled half of China.

Derived terms

另一半 (lìngyībàn)