多半天

Chinese

probably; most likely; more than half
probably; most likely; more than half; the greater part
 
 day; sky; heaven
trad. (多半天) 多半 天
simp. #(多半天) 多半 天

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): de1 ban3 tie1
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: de1 ban3 tie1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style, no sandhi): /tɤ¹¹ pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/

Noun

多半天

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) most of the day; most of the daytime in a day

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 大半天 (“most of the day”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大半天
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 大半天
Harbin 大半天
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大半天
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 大半天
Xining 多半天
Xuzhou 大半天, 多半天
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大半天
Lanzhou 大半天
Ürümqi 多半天, 大半天
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大半天
Guiyang 老半天
Liuzhou 大半天
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大半天
Yangzhou 大半天
Cantonese Hong Kong 大半日
Dongguan 大半日
Gan Nanchang 大半日
Lichuan 大半日
Pingxiang 大半工
Hakka Meixian 大半日
Yudu 大半工, 大半日
Huizhou Jixi 大半日
Jin Taiyuan 大半天, 多半天
Xinzhou 大半天
Northern Min Jian'ou 大半工
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大半日, 大半工
Southern Min Xiamen 規半日
Quanzhou 規半日
Zhangzhou 規半日
Haikou 大半日
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大半日
Wu Shanghai 大半日, 大半天
Shanghai (Chongming) 大半日, 大半天
Ningbo 大半日
Jinhua 大半日
Xiang Changsha 大半天
Loudi 大半日
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