半天

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (半天)		半	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bàntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ tin¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ban³ tie¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-thiⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵poe-thi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bonn⁴ tienn¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàntian
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻien¹
  - Yale: bàn-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntian
  - Palladius: баньтянь (banʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàntiānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàntianr
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tʻien¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: bàn-tyānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntial
  - Palladius: баньтяньр (banʹtjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ tin¹
  - Yale: bun tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ban³ tie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰxie¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartvy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵poe-thi
  - MiniDict: poe^去 thi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²poe-thi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bonn⁴ tienn¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

Noun

半天

half a day
- 一般需要半天左右時間 [MSC, trad.]
  一般需要半天左右时间 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2005: Chinese Wikipedia, 西湖龍井 (Xihu Longjing tea)
  yībān xūyào bàntiān zuǒyòu shíjiān [Pinyin]
  in general, one needs about half a day’s time
(figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。 [MSC, trad.]
她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà. [Pinyin]
She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
- 寶玉瞅了半天，方說道「你放心」三個字。 [MSC, trad.]
  宝玉瞅了半天，方说道「你放心」三个字。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》／《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32
  Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì. [Pinyin]
  Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
- 搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？ [MSC, trad.]
  搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
  Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng? [Pinyin]
  I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?

Synonyms

(half a day): 半日 (bànrì), 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Cantonese) 半晝／半昼; (Hokkien) 半工 (pòaⁿ-kang), 半晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)
(a long time): 半日 (bànrì)

Related terms

全日 (quánrì)
全天 (quántiān)