Since I installed solar panels on my house, my energy bill has been cut in half.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
减半
to reduce by half
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to reduce by half
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 减半 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 减半.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 减半.
Directly before
- 就减半1
- 要减半1
Directly after
- 减半了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 减半
What does 减半 mean in Chinese?
减半 (jiǎnbàn) means to reduce by half.
How do you pronounce 减半?
减半 is pronounced jiǎnbàn.
Is 减半 an HSK word?
减半 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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