半

bàn · ban

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half

In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)在(zài)两(liǎng)点(diǎn)半(bàn)参(cān)加(jiā)在(zài)二(èr)楼(lóu)会(huì)议(yì)室(shì)的(de)会(huì)议(yì)。

Please attend the meeting in the second floor conference room at 2:30 p.m.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)从(cóng)早(zǎo)上(shang)九(jiǔ)点(diǎn)工(gōng)作(zuò)到(dào)下(xià)午(wǔ)五(wǔ)点(diǎn)半(bàn)。

He works from nine to five-thirty.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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