半分

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (半分)		半	分
simp. #(半分)		半	分

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànfēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ fan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànfēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànfen
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-fên¹
    • Yale: bàn-fēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannfen
    • Palladius: баньфэнь (banʹfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ fən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ fan¹
    • Yale: bun fān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ fan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ fen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ fɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

半分

1. a little bit

Verb

半分

1. to divide into two parts

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	分
はん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はんぶん [hàńbúꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [hã̠mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

半(はん)分(ぶん) • (hanbun) 

1. a half

   半分(はんぶん)の人(ひと)が賛成(さんせい)した。

   Hanbun no hito ga sansei shita.

   Half of the people agreed.

2. half

   彼(かれ)は半分(はんぶん)眠(ねむ)っていた。

   Kare wa hanbun nemutteita.

   He was half asleep.

Suffix

半(はん)分(ぶん) • (-hanbun) 

1. half-

   面白(おもしろ)半分(はんぶん)

   omoshiro hanbun

   for fun, half in jest

   遊(あそ)び半分(はんぶん)

   asobi hanbun

   half for fun

   からかい半分(はんぶん)

   karakai hanbun

   facetiously, half-jokingly

Derived terms

• 話(はなし)半(はん)分(ぶん) (hanashihanbun, “with a grain of salt”)
• 半(はん)分(ぶん)こ (hanbunko, “share fifty-fifty”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	分

Noun

半分 • (banbun) (hangeul 반분)

1. hanja form^? of 반분 (“half”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	分

Noun

半分

1. chữ Hán form of bán phần (“partial”).