MEANING/意义
    半天
      
  • bàn tiān
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    12 hours; half a day; a long time
    Type classifier/量词; noun/名词; numeral/数字  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 愣了好半天
      
      
    lèng le hǎo bàn tiān
      
    sound for pinyin
    to be stunned for quite a while

  • 我想请半天假。
      
      
    wó xiáng qǐng bàn tiān jià .
      
    sound for pinyin
    I want to ask for a half-day leave.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 半天班
      
    bàn tiān bān
      
    sound for pinyin
    half-day work shift; (of working)  part-time work shift; (of education/training)  half-day class

  • 半天妖
      
    bàn tiān yāo
      
    sound for pinyin
    Bantianyao---a type of tea

  • 好半天
      
    hǎo bàn tiān
      
    sound for pinyin
    most of the day

  • 说了半天
      
    shuō le bàn tiān
      
    sound for pinyin
    keep talking for a long time
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