半晌

bànshǎng
  1. half of the day
  2. a long time
  3. quite a while

CEDICT

  1. (Mainland China) a long time; quite a while
  2. (Mainland China, regional) half a day
  3. a long time; quite a while
  4. a short period of time
  5. half a day

Wiktionary

一會兒、片刻。元．蕭德祥《殺狗勸夫．第二折》：「我這裡低著頭沉吟了半晌，他那裡不轉睛瞅了我一會。」《京本通俗小說．錯斬崔寧》：「劉官人打門，他那裡便聽見？敲了半晌，方纔知覺，答應一聲：『來了！』起身開了門。」也作「半餉」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 一會兒，短暫
  2. 半天
  3. 很長一段時間

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
2 晌 shǎng
  1. part of the day
  2. midday

Containing this entry

一時半晌 yīshíbànshǎng
  1. a short time
  2. a little while

Related entries

半天 bàntiān
  1. half of the day
  2. a long time
  3. quite a while
  4. midair

classifier: 個

他们看了那部电影半天了。

They’ve been watching that film for ages.

Source: Tatoeba

久長 jiǔcháng a long time
八輩子 bābèizi (fig.) a long time
老半天 lǎobàntiān (coll.) a long time
半響 bànxiǎng
  1. half the day
  2. a long time
  3. quite a while
多久 duōjiǔ
  1. (of time) how long?
  2. (not) a long time
多久以前？

How long ago was that?

Source: Tatoeba

良久 liángjiǔ
  1. a good while
  2. a long time
好久 hǎojiǔ quite a while
那是好久以前。

That was a long time ago.

It was a long time ago.

That was ages ago.

Source: Tatoeba