Pronunciation
:
bàntiān
Meaning
:
(noun) half a day
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:
我等了你半天。
I waited for you for half a day.

wǒ děng le nǐ bàn tiān 。

:
I
:
wait
:
(past tense particle)
:
you
半天
:
half a day
他想了半天,还是不知道怎么回答。
He thought for a long time but still didn’t know how to answer.

tā xiǎng le bàn tiān , hái shì bù zhī dào zěn me huí dá 。

:
he
:
think
:
(past tense particle)
半天
:
half a day (a long time)
还是
:
still
不知道
:
don’t know
怎么
:
how
回答
:
answer
我找了半天,终于找到了。
I searched for a long time and finally found it.

wǒ zhǎo le bàn tiān , zhōng yú zhǎo dào le 。

:
I
:
search
:
(past tense particle)
半天
:
half a day (a long time)
终于
:
finally
找到
:
found
:
(past tense particle)
妹妹哭了半天。
My younger sister cried for a long time.

mèi mei kū le bàn tiān 。

妹妹
:
younger sister
:
cry
:
(past tense particle)
半天
:
half a day (a long time)