半輩子

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	all one's life; lifetime
trad. (半輩子)		半	輩子
simp. (半辈子)		半	辈子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànbèizi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bui³ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-pòe-chír / poàn-pòe-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànbèizi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄟˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànbèizi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pei⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: bàn-bèi-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbey.tzy
    • Palladius: баньбэйцзы (banʹbɛjczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ bui³ zi²
    • Yale: bun bui jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bui³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ bui³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ puːi̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-pòe-chír
    • Tâi-lô: puàn-puè-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-pòe-chú
    • Tâi-lô: puàn-puè-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poarnpoeazuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ pue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

半輩子

1. half a lifetime

Synonyms

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• 半世 (bànshì)
• 半世人 (bun³ sai³ jan⁴) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 半世代人 (Hokkien)
• 半生 (bànshēng)
• 半輩／半辈 (buan³ buê³) (Teochew)