上半

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)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàngbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqbann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ bun³
    • Yale: seuhng bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ bun³
    • IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² puːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: song ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song⁴ ban⁴
    • IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/

Noun

上半

1. upper half

Antonyms

• 下半 (xiàbàn)

Derived terms

上半天 (shàngbàntiān)

上半年 (shàngbànnián)

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Japanese

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

Noun

上半 (hiragana じょうはん, rōmaji jōhan)

1. first half; upper half