半中腰

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	middle; middle part; central section
trad. (半中腰)		半	中腰
simp. #(半中腰)		半	中腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànzhōngyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ zung¹ jiu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-tiong-io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànzhōngyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànjhongyao
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-chung¹-yao¹
    • Yale: bàn-jūng-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannjongiau
    • Palladius: баньчжунъяо (banʹčžunʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ zung¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: bun jūng yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ dzung¹ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ zung¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-tiong-io
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-tiong-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoardiong'ioy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ³³ io³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

半中腰

1. (literally or figuratively, colloquial) middle; halfway

Synonyms

• 半中間／半中间 (bànzhōngjiān)