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

一会儿、片刻。元．萧德祥《杀狗劝夫．第二折》：「我这裡低着头沉吟了半晌，他那裡不转睛瞅了我一会。」《京本通俗小说．错斩崔宁》：「刘官人打门，他那裡便听见？敲了半晌，方纔知觉，答应一声：『来了！』起身开了门。」也作「半饷」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 一会儿，短暂
  2. 半天
  3. 很长一段时间

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

一时半晌 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

久长 jiǔcháng a long time
八辈子 bābèizi (fig.) a long time
老半天 lǎobàntiān (coll.) a long time
半响 bànxiǎng
  1. half the day
  2. a long time
  3. quite a while
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