半天 [－－]

Jyutping bun3 tin1
Pinyin bàn tiān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. half of the day
  2. a long time
  3. quite a while
  4. midair
  5. CL:個|个[ge4]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, excessive, figuratively
    a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
    (syn.) 半日
    • 她扭捏了好半天才説出來話。
      她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。
      tā niǔ niē le hǎo bàn tiān cái shuō chū lái huà ．
      She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
    • 寶玉瞅了半天，方説道“你放心”三個字。
      宝玉瞅了半天，方说道“你放心”三个字。
      bǎo yù chǒu le bàn tiān ， fāng shuō dào “ nǐ fàng xīn ” sān ge zì ．
      Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
    • 搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？
      搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？
      gǎo le bàn tiān dōu wèi néng jiě jué ， yǒu méi yǒu wéi jī rén néng bāng bāng máng ？
      I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
  2. noun
    half a day
    (syn.) 半昼, 半晌, 半工, 半日, 半晡, 半晝
    • 一般需要半天左右時間
      一般需要半天左右时间
      yī bān xū yào bàn tiān zuǒ yòu shí jiān
      in general, one needs about half a day’s time
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 一级词汇表 #12
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他给我解释了半天，但我还是不明白。
    他給我解釋了半天，但我還是不明白。
    tā gěi wǒ jiě shì le bàn tiān ， dàn wǒ hái shi bù míng bái 。
    • I'm none the wiser for his explanation.
  2. Mandarin
    他们看了那部电影半天了。
    他們看了那部電影半天了。
    tā men kàn le nà bù diàn yǐng bàn tiān le 。
    • They’ve been watching that film for ages.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    上哪儿去了，让人家在这儿等半天。
    上哪兒去了，讓人家在這兒等半天。
    shàng nǎ r5 qù le ， ràng rén jia zài zhè r5 děng bàn tiān ．
    • Where did you go? I've been waiting here forever.
  2. Mandarin
    她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。
    她扭捏了好半天才説出來話。
    tā niǔ niē le hǎo bàn tiān cái shuō chū lái huà ．
    • She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
  3. Mandarin
    宝玉瞅了半天，方说道“你放心”三个字。
    寶玉瞅了半天，方説道“你放心”三個字。
    bǎo yù chǒu le bàn tiān ， fāng shuō dào “ nǐ fàng xīn ” sān ge zì ．
    • Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
  4. Mandarin
    搞了半天都未能解决，有没有维基人能帮帮忙？
    搞了半天都未能解決，有沒有維基人能幫幫忙？
    gǎo le bàn tiān dōu wèi néng jiě jué ， yǒu méi yǒu wéi jī rén néng bāng bāng máng ？
    • I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?
  5. Mandarin
    一般需要半天左右时间
    一般需要半天左右時間
    yī bān xū yào bàn tiān zuǒ yòu shí jiān
    • in general, one needs about half a day’s time