Chinese

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half; semi-; incomplete
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day; sun; date
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simp. and trad.
(半日)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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半日

  1. half a day
  2. (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
    半日搞掂 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    gaau2 zo2 bun3 jat6 dou1 mei6 gaau2 dim6 aa4? [Jyutping]
    You've been doing this the whole day, and you're still not done?

Synonyms

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  • (half a day): 半天 (bàntiān); (regional) 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Northern Min, Hokkien) 半工; (Hokkien) 半晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)
  • (a long time): 半天 (bàntiān)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 2
にち
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon
Kanji in this term
はん
Grade: 2
じつ
Grade: 1
on'yomi kan'on

Noun

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(はん)(にち) or (はん)(じつ) (hannichi or hanjitsu

  1. half a day