半个

半個
bànge
half of sth

CEDICT

half (of something); one side (of something)

Wiktionary

整个的一半称为「半个」。

重編國語辭典

Examples

我想买半个蛋糕。

I'd like to buy half a cake.

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汤姆给玛丽半个苹果。

Tom gave Mary half of the apple.

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已经等了半个小时了。

I have already waited for half an hour.

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半个麵包总比没有好。

Half a loaf is better than none.

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汤姆独自吃了半个蛋糕。

Tom ate half the cake by himself.

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我自学了半个学期的德文。

I have self-studied half a semester's worth of German.

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汤姆静静地坐了半个小时。

Tom sat silently for 30 minutes.

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我已经等了将近半个小时。

I have already waited nearly half an hour.

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我想我们还要再等半个小时。

I would like to wait another half an hour.

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我等了我朋友半个小时，但是他还是没出现。

I waited half an hour for my friend, but he didn't turn up.

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Entry Composition

1 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
=2 个 gě used in 自个儿 zìgěr
=2 个 gè
  1. (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
  2. (bound form) individual
=2 个 gè variant of 个 gè

Containing this entry

半个人 bàngerén
  1. (not) a single person
  2. (no) one

Related entries

半边 bànbiān
  1. half of sth
  2. one side of sth
你不能指望他们认不出你的伪装。那个歪半边的一角店胡子是致命漏洞！

You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!

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