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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
另一半
other half
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
other half
02
(fig.) spouse
03
one's better half
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 另一半 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 另一半 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
For Valentine's day, I used rose petals to spell out my sweetheart's name.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 另一半.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 另一半.
Directly before
- 的另一半3
- 再付另一半1
Directly after
- 另一半的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 另一半
What does 另一半 mean in Chinese?
另一半 (lìngyībàn) means other half.
How do you pronounce 另一半?
另一半 is pronounced lìngyībàn.
Is 另一半 an HSK word?
另一半 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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