半晌
Chinese
half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half |
around noon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (半晌) |
半 | 晌 | |
| alternative forms | 半餉／半饷 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bànshǎng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bànshǎng
- Wade–Giles: pan4-shang3
- Yale: bàn-shǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshaang
- Palladius: баньшан (banʹšan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pän⁵¹ ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bànshǎngr
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄤˇㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bànshǎngr
- Wade–Giles: pan4-shang3-ʼrh
- Yale: bàn-shǎngr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshaangl
- Palladius: баньшанр (banʹšanr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pän⁵¹ ʂɑ̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bun3 hoeng2
- Yale: bun héung
- Cantonese Pinyin: bun3 hoeng2
- Guangdong Romanization: bun3 hêng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /puːn³³ hœːŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
Noun
半晌
- (Mainland China, regional) half a day
- (Mainland China) a long time; quite a while
- a short period of time
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 半天 (“half a day”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 半天 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 半天, 半晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 半天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 半晌 |
| Xi'an | 半天 | |
| Xining | 半天 | |
| Xuzhou | 半天 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 半天 |
| Ürümqi | 半天 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 半天 |
| Wuhan | 半天 | |
| Guiyang | 半天 | |
| Liuzhou | 半天 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 半天 |
| Yangzhou | 半天 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 半晝 |
| Dongguan | 半日 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 半日 |
| Lichuan | 半日 | |
| Pingxiang | 半工 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 半日 |
| Yudu | 半工, 半日 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 半日 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 半天, 半晌 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 半工 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 半日 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 半工, 半日, 半晡 |
| Quanzhou | 半工, 半日 | |
| Zhangzhou | 半日 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 半晡仔 | |
| Tainan | 半工 GT, 半日 GT, 半晡 GT | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 半日 | |
| Haikou | 半日 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 半工, 半日 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 半工, 半日 | |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 半工 | |
| Xianyou | 半工 | |
| Xianyou (Fengting) | 半工 | |
| Xianyou (Youyang) | 半工 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 半日 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 半日, 半天, 半白天 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 半天, 半日 | |
| Suzhou | 半日, 半日天 | |
| Danyang | 半天 | |
| Hangzhou | 半日 | |
| Ningbo | 半日 | |
| Wenzhou | 半日 | |
| Jinhua | 半日 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 半天 |
| Loudi | 半日 | |