半分

半分

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng
simp. and trad. (半分)		半	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bànfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannfen
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ fan¹
    • Yale: bun fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ fen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ fɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

半分

1. a little bit

Verb

半分

1. to divide into two parts

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	分
はん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

半分 (hiragana はんぶん, rōmaji hanbun)

1. a half

   半 (はん)分 (ぶん)の人 (ひと)が賛 (さん)成 (せい)した。

   Hanbun no hito ga sansei shita.

   Half of the people agreed.

2. half

   彼 (かれ)は半 (はん)分 (ぶん)眠 (ねむ)っていた。

   Kare wa hanbun nemutteita.

   He was half asleep.

Derived terms

• 話 (はなし)半 (はん)分 (ぶん) (hanashihanbun, “with a grain of salt”)
• 半 (はん)分 (ぶん)こ (hanbunko, “share fifty-fifty”)