Chinese

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half; semi-; incomplete
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
 
year
simp. and trad.
(半年)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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半年

  1. half a year; half-year

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Pronunciation 1

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Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 2
とし
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi
  • When used as a noun, it is pronounced with an Odaka accent; when used as an adverb, it is pronounced with a Heiban accent.[4]

Noun

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(はん)(とし) (hantoshi

  1. half a year; half-year

Pronunciation 2

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Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 2
ねん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

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(はん)(ねん) (hannen

  1. half a year; half-year

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 半年”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)  [1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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半年 (bannyeon) (hangeul 반년)

  1. Hanja form? of 반년 (half-year).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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半年

  1. chữ Hán form of bán niên (semestrial; biannual).