半 bàn▶ setengah

Stroke order

半 is written in 5 strokes.

• 半

Senses

1. half
2. semi-
3. incomplete
4. (after a number) and a half

Example sentences

• 我吃了半个苹果。Wǒ chī le bàn gè píngguǒ.I ate half an apple.
• 现在是三点半。Xiànzài shì sān diǎn bàn.It is three thirty now.

Related words

• 零nol
• 一satu
• 二dua
• 三tiga
• 四empat
• 五lima
• 六enam
• 七tujuh
• 八delapan
• 九sembilan
• 十sepuluh
• 百seratus
• 千seribu
• 万sepuluh ribu
• 亿Miliar
• 两dua
• 几beberapa, berapa banyak
• 多少berapa banyak
• 数字nomor
• 号nomor/tanggal

半 is pronounced bàn and means “setengah”. HSK 3 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 半 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.