半日

半日

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (半日)		半	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jat⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-li̍t / pòaⁿ-ji̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bànrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannryh
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ jat⁶
    • Yale: bun yaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yed⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɐt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-li̍t
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-li̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarlit
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ji̍t
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-ji̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarjit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑit̚⁴/

Noun

半日

1. half a day
2. (figuratively) a long time

   搞咗半日都未搞掂啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   Gaau² zo² bun³ jat⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ gaau² dim⁶ aa⁴? [Jyutping]

   You've been doing this the whole day, and you're still not done?

Related terms

• 半天 (bàntiān)
• 全日 (quánrì)
• 全天 (quántiān)