半天
Chinese edit
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
day; sky; heaven | ||
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simp. and trad. (半天) |
半 | 天 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
半天
- half a day
- (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
- 搞了半天都未能解決,有沒有維基人能幫幫忙? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
- Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng? [Pinyin]
- I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
搞了半天都未能解决,有没有维基人能帮帮忙? [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms edit
- (half a day): 半日 (bànrì), 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Cantonese) 半晝/半昼; (Hokkien) 半工 (pòaⁿ-kang), 半晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)
- (a long time): 半日 (bànrì)