一半

Chinese

		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
alternative forms		蜀半 Min

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yībàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄅㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yi² ban⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jat¹ bun³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yit² bon⁴

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yit-pan

  (Hailu, HRS): rhid ban^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ ban⁴

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soh⁷ bua⁴ / soh⁷ buo⁴ / suoh⁷ buann⁴ / soh⁷ buann⁴ / suerh⁷ buann⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-pòaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ buan³ / zêg⁸ uê⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷iq-poe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): i⁶ bonn⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yībàn [Phonetic: yíbàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄅㄢˋ
    • 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: ㄧ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
    • 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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yit² bon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jit̚⁵⁵ pᵘɔn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² pan⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² pan⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhid ban^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² pan¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵ ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ pan⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soh⁷ bua⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo̍h-bua̍ⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔʔ⁴ pua⁴²/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soh⁷ bua⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬoʔ⁴ pua⁴²/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soh⁷ buo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɔʔ⁴ puo⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: suoh⁷ buann⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuoʔ⁴ pũã⁴²/
  • (Youyang)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: soh⁷ buann⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /θoʔ⁴ pũã⁴²/
  • (Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: suerh⁷ buann⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɯəʔ⁴ pũã⁴²/
• 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 / zêg⁸ uê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k puàⁿ / tse̍k uê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/, /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² ue⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: 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

一半

1. 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

• 另一半 (lìngyībàn)

Adjective

一半

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

Synonyms

• 一二 (yī'èr)
• (Cantonese) 一……半……

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一半):

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

References

• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2332 一半”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 509.