半天 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 半天

半天

Definition half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4]

Usage

Synonyms 半晌常设

中文释义数量词。❶（～儿）白天的一半：前～｜后～｜用～时间就可以把活儿干完。❷指相当长的一段时间；好长时间（多就说话者的感觉而言）：等了～，他才来｜他学了～英语，到现在只记得几个字母。

Characters 半 bàn 天 tiān

COMMON WORDS WITH 半天
	大半天 dà bàn tiān the better part of a day / most of the day / half a day
	半边天 ( 半邊天 ) bàn biān tiān half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk ( 半邊天 )
	上半天 shàng bàn tiān morning
	多半天 duō bàn tiān More than a long time
	前半天 qián bàn tiān morning / a.m. / first half of the day
	晚半天儿 ( 晚半天兒 ) wǎn ban tiān r late afternoon ( 晚半天兒 )
	老半天 lǎo bàn tiān (coll.) a long time
	前半天儿 ( 前半天兒 ) qián bàn tiān r erhua variant of 前半天[qian2 ban4 tian1] ( 前半天兒 )
	下半天 xià bàn tiān afternoon
	妇女能顶半边天 ( 婦女能頂半邊天 ) fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society ( 婦女能頂半邊天 )
	好半天 hǎo bàn tiān most of the day
	头半天 ( 頭半天 ) tóu bàn tiān morning / first half of the day ( 頭半天 )
	头半天儿 ( 頭半天兒 ) tóu bàn tiān r erhua variant of 頭半天\|头半天[tou2 ban4 tian1] ( 頭半天兒 )
	一半天 yī bàn tiān in a day or two / soon

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