(w)

(bàn) half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

半世纪 (w)

(bànshìjì) half century

半中腰 (w)

(bànzhōngyāo) middle; halfway

半乳糖 (w)

(bànrǔtáng) galactose (CH2O)6; brain sugar

半乳糖血症 (w)

(bànrǔtángxuèzhèng) galactosemia

半人马 (w)

(bànrénmǎ) centaur (mythology)

半人马座 (w)

(bànrénmǎzuò) Centaurus (constellation)

半以上 (w)

(bànyǐshàng) more than half

半保留复制 (w)

(bànbǎoliúfùzhì) semiconservative replication

半信半疑 (w)

(bànxìnbànyí) half-believe, half-doubt

半个 (w)

(bànge) half of sth

半个世纪 (w)

(bàngeshìjì) half a century

半价 (w)

(bànjià) half price

半公斤 (w)

(bàngōngjīn) half kilo

半公开 (w)

(bàngōngkāi) semi-overt; more or less open

半劳动力 (w)

(bànláodònglì) one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker

半半拉拉 (w)

(bànbànlālā) incomplete; unfinished

半吊子 (w)

(bàndiàozi) dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person

半圆 (w)

(bànyuán) semicircle

半圆仪 (w)

(bànyuányí) protractor

半圆形 (w)

(bànyuánxíng) semi-circular

半坡 (w)

(bànpō) Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

半坡村 (w)

(bànpōcūn) archaeological site near Xi'an

半坡遗址 (w)

(bànpōyízhǐ) Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

半场 (w)

(bànchǎng) half of a game or contest; half-court

半壁江山 (w)

(bànbìjiāngshān) half of country

半夏 (w)

(bànxià) Pinellia ternata

半夜 (w)

(bànyè) midnight; in the middle of the night

半夜三更 (w)

(bànyèsāngēng) in the depth of night; late at night

半天 (w)

(bàntiān) half of the day; a long time; quite a while; CL:個|个[ge4]

半失业 (w)

(bànshīyè) semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed

半官方 (w)

(bànguānfāng) semi-official

半封建 (w)

(bànfēngjiàn) semi-feudal

半封建半殖民地 (w)

(bànfēngjiànbànzhímíndì) semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)

半导瓷 (w)

(bàndǎocí) semi-conducting ceramic (electronics)

半导体 (w)

(bàndǎotǐ) semiconductor

半导体探测器 (w)

(bàndǎotǐtàncèqì) semiconductor detector

半导体超点阵 (w)

(bàndǎotǐchāodiǎnzhèn) semiconductor superlattice

半小时 (w)

(bànxiǎoshí) half hour

半履带 (w)

(bànlǚdài) half-track (vehicle with both wheels and caterpillar treads)

半山区 (w)

(bànshānqū) mid-levels (in Hong Kong)

半岛 (w)

(bàndǎo) peninsula; Al Jazeera (Arabic-language news network)

半岛和东方航海 (w)

(bàndǎohédōngfānghánghǎi) P&O; Peninsula and Oriental shipping company

半岛国际学校 (w)

(bàndǎoguójìxuéxiào) International School of the Penninsula

半岛电视台 (w)

(bàndǎodiànshìtái) Al-Jazeera Television

半工半读 (w)

(bàngōngbàndú) part work, part study; work-study program

半年 (w)

(bànnián) half a year

半径 (w)

(bànjìng) radius

半复赛 (w)

(bànfùsài) eighth finals

半成品 (w)

(bànchéngpǐn) semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished articles; semi-finished products

半截 (w)

(bànjié) half (of a section); half-finished

半截衫 (w)

(bànjiéshān) upper jacket

半打 (w)

(bàndá) half a dozen

半托 (w)

(bàntuō) day care

半拉 (w)

(bànlǎ) half

半拱 (w)

(bàngǒng) semiarch; half arch

半排出期 (w)

(bànpáichūqī) half-life

半推半就 (w)

(bàntuībànjiù) half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance

半数 (w)

(bànshù) half the number; half

半数以上 (w)

(bànshùyǐshàng) more than half

半文盲 (w)

(bànwénmáng) semiliterate

半斤八两 (w)

(bànjīnbāliǎng) not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee

半旗 (w)

(bànqí) half-mast; half-staff

半日制学校 (w)

(bànrìzhìxuéxiào) half-day (or double-shift) school

半日工作 (w)

(bànrìgōngzuò) part time work

半明不灭 (w)

(bànmíngbùmiè) a poor light but nevertheless inextinguishable (idiom)

半晌 (w)

(bànshǎng) half of the day; a long time; quite a while

半月 (w)

(bànyuè) half-moon; fortnight

半月刊 (w)

(bànyuèkān) fortnightly; twice a month

半条命 (w)

(bàntiáomìng) Half-Life (video game)

半死 (w)

(bànsǐ) 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

半殖民地 (w)

(bànzhímíndì) semi-colonial

半决赛 (w)

(bànjuésài) semifinals

半流体 (w)

(bànliútǐ) semi-fluid

半无限 (w)

(bànwúxiàn) semi-infinite

半熟练 (w)

(bànshúliàn) semi-skilled

半球 (w)

(bànqiú) hemisphere

半瓶醋 (w)

(bànpíngcù) dabbler; smatterer

半生 (w)

(bànshēng) half a lifetime

半白 (w)

(bànbái) fifty (years of age)

半真半假 (w)

(bànzhēnbànjiǎ) (idiom) half true and half false

半票 (w)

(bànpiào) half-price ticket; half fare

半空 (w)

(bànkōng) midair

半空中 (w)

(bànkōngzhōng) in mid air; in the air

半糖夫妻 (w)

(bàntángfūqī) weekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy

半翅目 (w)

(bànchìmù) Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids)

半老徐娘 (w)

(bànlǎoxúniáng) middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age

半职 (w)

(bànzhí) part-time work

半胱氨酸 (w)

(bànguāngānsuān) cysteine (Cys), an amino acid; mercaptoethyl amine

半脱产 (w)

(bàntuōchǎn) partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work

半腰 (w)

(bànyāo) middle; halfway

半腱肌 (w)

(bànjiànjī) semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh

半膜肌 (w)

(bànmójī) semimembranosus (anatomy)

半自动 (w)

(bànzìdòng) semi-automatic

半自耕农 (w)

(bànzìgēngnóng) semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant

半衰期 (w)

(bànshuāiqī) half-life

半裸体 (w)

(bànluǒtǐ) half-naked

半规则 (w)

(bànguīzé) quasi-regular

半规管 (w)

(bànguīguǎn) semicircular canal

半视野 (w)

(bànshìyě) half visual field

半跏坐 (w)

(bànjiāzuò) sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)

半路 (w)

(bànlù) halfway; midway; on the way

半路出家 (w)

(bànlùchūjiā) switch to a job one was not trained for

半身不遂 (w)

(bànshēnbùsuì) paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia

半身像 (w)

(bànshēnxiàng) half-length photo or portrait; bust

半轴 (w)

(bànzhóu) semi-axis; half axle

半载 (w)

(bànzǎi) half a year

半载 (w)

(bànzài) half load

半辈子 (w)

(bànbèizi) half of a lifetime

半透明 (w)

(bàntòumíng) translucent; semitransparent

半途 (w)

(bàntú) halfway; midway

半途而废 (w)

(bàntúérfèi) to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

半通不通 (w)

(bàntōngbùtōng) to not fully understand (idiom)

半边 (w)

(bànbiān) half of sth; one side of sth

半边天 (w)

(bànbiāntiān) half the sky; women of the new society; women folk

半长轴 (w)

(bànchángzhóu) semi-axis; radius

半开化 (w)

(bànkāihuà) semi-civilized

半开半关 (w)

(bànkāibànguān) half-open, half closed

半开门 (w)

(bànkāimén) half-open door; fig. prostitute

半开门儿 (w)

(bànkāiménr) erhua variant of 半開門|半开门, half-open door; fig. prostitute

半间不界 (w)

(bàngānbùgà) shallow; not thorough; superficial

半音 (w)

(bànyīn) semitone

半音程 (w)

(bànyīnchéng) semitone

半响 (w)

(bànxiǎng) half the day; a long time; quite a while

半点 (w)

(bàndiǎn) the least bit