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
• Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-nî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bànnián
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannnian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànnián
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ njɛn³⁵/
  • (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)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ nin⁴
    • Yale: bun nìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ nin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ nin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ niːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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

1. half a year; half-year

Synonyms

• (literary) 半載／半载 (bànzǎi)

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Japanese

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

Noun

半(はん)年(とし) • (hantoshi) 

1. half a year; half-year

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Korean

Hanja in this term
半	年

Noun

半年 • (bannyeon) (hangeul 반년)

1. Hanja form^? of 반년 (“half-year”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
半	年

Adjective

半年

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