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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

半bàn

half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

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一半yī bàn

half

半夜bàn yè

midnight / in the middle of the night

半辈子bàn bèi zi

half of a lifetime

半死bàn sǐ

half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb

半天bàn tiān

half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[gè]

半数bàn shù

half the number / half

多半duō bàn

most / mostly / most likely

大半dà bàn

more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely

半径bàn jìng

radius

半生bàn shēng

half a lifetime

半点bàn diǎn

the least bit

半岛bàn dǎo

peninsula

半路bàn lù

halfway / midway / on the way

半途而废bàn tú ér fèi

to give up halfway (idiom) / leave sth unfinished

半决赛bàn jué sài

semifinals

半空bàn kōng

midair

半价bàn jià

half price

半边bàn biān

half of sth / one side of sth

半自动bàn zì dòng

semiautomatic

半球bàn qiú

hemisphere

半身像bàn shēn xiàng

half-length photo or portrait / bust

半死不活bàn sǐ bù huó

(idiom) half-dead / barely alive / (idiom) listless

半截bàn jié

half (of sth) / halfway through

半夜三更bàn yè sān gēng

see 三更半夜[sān gēng bàn yè]

半斤八两bàn jīn bā liǎng

not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee

半导体bàn dǎo tǐ

semiconductor

半成品bàn chéng pǐn

semi-manufactured goods / semifinished articles / semifinished products

上半场shàng bàn chǎng

first half of a game or contest

参半cān bàn

half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally

减半jiǎn bàn

to reduce by half

北半球běi bàn qiú

the Northern Hemisphere

南半球nán bàn qiú

the Southern Hemisphere

过半guò bàn

over fifty percent / more than half

对半duì bàn

in half / evenly (into two parts) / fifty-fifty

夜半yè bàn

midnight

西半球xī bàn qiú

the Western Hemisphere

事半功倍shì bàn gōng bèi

(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort

一知半解yī zhī bàn jiě

(idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject / to know a smattering of sth

半中腰bàn zhōng yāo

middle / halfway

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