I'd like to buy half a cake.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
半个
half of sth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
half of sth
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 半个 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 半个 appears in 15 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I have already waited for half an hour.
Tom gave Mary half of the apple.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 半个.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 半个.
Directly before
- 了半个5
- 在半个1
- 过半个1
- 将近半个1
- 已经半个1
Directly after
- 半个小时7
- 半个蛋糕2
- 半个面包1
- 半个机会1
- 半个月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 半个
What does 半个 mean in Chinese?
半个 (bànge) means half of sth.
How do you pronounce 半个?
半个 is pronounced bànge.
Is 半个 an HSK word?
半个 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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