半年

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bànnián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): баннян (banni͡an, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ nin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànnián
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-nien²
  - Yale: bàn-nyán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannnian
  - Palladius: баньнянь (banʹnjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: баннян (banni͡an, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ niæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ nin⁴
  - Yale: bun nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ nin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ nin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ niːn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarnii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ nĩ²³/

Noun

半年

half a year; half-year

Synonyms

(literary) 半載／半载 (bànzǎi)

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Kanji in this term
半	年
はん Grade: 2	とし Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

(Tokyo) はんとし [hàńtóshíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) はんとし [hàńtóshí] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
IPA^(key): [hã̠nto̞ɕi]

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

半(はん)年(とし) • (hantoshi)

half a year; half-year

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
半	年
はん Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1
on'yomi

(Tokyo) はんねん [háꜜǹnèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Tokyo) はんねん [hàńnéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [hã̠nːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

半(はん)年(ねん) • (hannen)

half a year; half-year

References

↑ ^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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 “半年 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	年

Noun

半年 • (bannyeon) (hangeul 반년)

hanja form^? of 반년 (“half-year”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	年

Adjective

半年

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

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