一半(yī bàn): half
HSK 12 characters
half
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 一半 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- yī bàn
- Meaning
- half
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Example sentences
How 一半 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
面包被吃了一半。
miàn bāo bèi chī le yī bàn
The bun was half eaten.
别留着一半工作没干。
bié liú zhe yī bàn gōng zuò méi gān
Don't leave your work half finished.
Related words
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