Pronunciation
:
bàn
Meaning
:
(noun) half
HSK
:
1
Pronunciation
:
bàn
Meaning
:
  1. (noun) half
  2. (adj) very few
  3. (adj) in the middle; halfway
  4. (adj) partly; about half
Radical
:
Strokes
:
5
Traditional
:
Sentences:
现在是三点半。
It is now 3:30.

xiàn zài shì sān diǎn bàn 。

现在
:
now
:
is
三点
:
three o’clock
:
half (30 minutes)
我吃了半个苹果。
I ate half an apple.

wǒ chī le bàn gè píng guǒ 。

:
I
:
eat
:
(past tense particle)
:
half
:
(measure word)
苹果
:
apple
房门半开着。
The door is half open.

fáng mén bàn kāi zhe 。

房门
:
door
:
half
:
open
:
(continuing state particle)
他半个字都没写。
He didn’t write a single word.

tā bàn gè zì dōu méi xiě 。

:
he
半个
:
half a
:
word
:
all
:
not
:
write