半刻

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
simp. and trad. (半刻)		半	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànkè
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: bàn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannkeh
    • Palladius: банькэ (banʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/

Noun

半刻

1. (historical) half ke (刻, hundredth of a day); 7.2 minutes
2. a short time; a little while