前半

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (前半)		前	半
simp. ^#(前半)		前	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ bun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánbàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-pan⁴
  - Yale: chyán-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanbann
  - Palladius: цяньбань (cjanʹbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ bun³
  - Yale: chìhn bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ puːn³³/

Noun

前半

first half

Antonyms

後半／后半 (hòubàn)

Derived terms

前半晌 (qiánbànshǎng)
前半葉 / 前半叶 (qiánbànyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	半
ぜん Grade: 2	はん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんはん [zèńháń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃hã̠ɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)半(はん) • (zenhan)

first half

Antonyms

後半(こうはん) (kōhan)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN