一半

Chinese edit

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (一半)		一	半

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yībàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄅㄢˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi² ban⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-pan
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-pòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ buan³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷iq-poe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i⁶ bonn⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yībàn [Phonetic: yíbàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yibàn
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-pan⁴
  - Yale: yī-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibann
  - Palladius: ибань (ibanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一半兒／一半儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yībànr [Phonetic: yíbànr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yibànr
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-pan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-bànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iball
  - Palladius: ибаньр (ibanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² ban⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iban
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹ pan²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ bun³
  - Yale: yāt bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ puːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` ban
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² pan⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ban
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² pan⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidpvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² puã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² puã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² puã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² puã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ buan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k puàⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷iq-poe
  - MiniDict: ih^入 poe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴iq-poe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɪʔ³³ pø⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: i⁶ bonn⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴ põ⁴⁵/

Numeral edit

一半

one half; half
我去過中國一半的地方。 [MSC, trad.]
我去过中国一半的地方。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ qù guò zhōngguó yībàn de dìfāng. [Pinyin]
I've travelled half of China.

Derived terms edit

另一半 (lìngyībàn)

Adjective edit

一半

(Hokkien, used before classifiers) very few; just one or two

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (一半):

→ Japanese: 一半(いっぱん) (ippan)
→ Korean: 일반(一半) (ilban)