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"one half" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn
一半 yī bàn half syn
半辈子 半輩子 bàn bèi zi half of a lifetime syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn
半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most likely syn
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn
半生 bàn shēng half a lifetime syn
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to / to be affiliated to / to fall under the jurisdiction of / a place where one feels that one belongs / one's final destination (where one need look no further) syn
敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by syn
本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn
半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth
半价 半價 bàn jià half price
减半 減半 jiǎn bàn to reduce by half syn
参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn
半截 bàn jié half (of sth) / halfway through syn
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
斩断 斬斷 zhǎn duàn to cut off / to chop sth in half
过半 過半 guò bàn over fifty percent / more than half syn
对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
敷衍了事 fū yǎn liǎo shì (idiom) to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions syn
中线 中線 zhōng xiàn half-way line / median line
事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi half the work, twice the effect (idiom) / the right approach saves effort and leads to better results / a stitch in time saves nine syn
一知半解 yī zhī bàn jiě lit. to know one and understand half (idiom) / a smattering of knowledge / dilettante / amateur syn
半边天 半邊天 bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk syn
下半年 xià bàn nián second half of the year
半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí half doubting / dubious / skeptical syn
半生不熟 bàn shēng bù shóu underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting syn
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn
量力而行 liàng lì ér xíng to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can.
二心 èr xīn disloyalty / half-heartedness / duplicity syn
上半年 shàng bàn nián first half (of a year)
中点 中點 zhōng diǎn midpoint / half-way point syn
半衰期 bàn shuāi qī half-life
半年 bàn nián half a year
十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth
半小时 半小時 bàn xiǎo shí half hour
半晌 bàn shǎng half of the day / a long time / quite a while syn
另一半 lìng yī bàn other half / (fig.) spouse / one's better half
半月 bàn yuè half-moon / fortnight
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn
一年半 yī nián bàn a year and a half
半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court
明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
抱头 抱頭 bào tóu to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn
半响 半響 bàn xiǎng half the day / a long time / quite a while
半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
将信将疑 將信將疑 jiāng xìn jiāng yí half believing, half doubting / skeptical syn
青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
三心二意 sān xīn èr yì in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying syn
六点半 六點半 liù diǎn bàn half past six / 6:30
腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short
蒙胧 矇矓 méng lóng drowsy / half-asleep / half sleeping, half waking syn
事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn twice the effort for half the result syn
半拉 bàn lǎ (coll.) half syn
半世纪 半世紀 bàn shì jì half century
隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-
交变 交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation
虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn
异父 異父 yì fù with different father (e.g. of half-brother)
半打 bàn dá half a dozen
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
半载 半載 bàn zài half load
半载 半載 bàn zǎi half a year
半轴 半軸 bàn zhóu semiaxis / half axle
半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff
半 bàn half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half syn
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of / each and every one / one by one / one after another
半身像 bàn shēn xiàng half-length photo or portrait / bust
溏 táng half congealed / pond
半票 bàn piào half-price ticket / half fare
前半夜 qián bàn yè first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight) syn
敷衍塞责 敷衍塞責 fū yǎn sè zé to skimp on the job / to work half-heartedly / not to take the job seriously syn
上半夜 shàng bàn yè first half of the night / time before midnight syn
下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff
甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter)
藏头露尾 藏頭露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi to hide the head and show the tail (idiom) / to give a partial account / half-truths syn
夹生 夾生 jiā shēng half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5] syn
夹生饭 夾生飯 jiā shēng fàn half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
折半 zhé bàn to reduce by fifty percent / half-price syn
瓜皮帽 guā pí mào Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon syn
璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with
龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute
睺 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
之一 zhī yī one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) syn
合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn
一一 yī yī one by one / one after another syn
一面 yī miàn one side / one aspect / simultaneously... (and...) / one's whole face syn
拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it syn
个别 個別 gè bié individually / one by one / just one or two / exceptional / rare syn
献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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