半載 [－载]

Jyutping bun3 zoi2
Pinyin bàn zài

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. half load

半載 [－载]

Jyutping bun3 zoi2
Pinyin bàn zǎi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. half a year
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literary
    half a year; half-year
    (syn.) 半年
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    用一年半载就精通到英文系冇可能嘅事。
    用一年半載就精通到英文係冇可能嘅事。
    jung6 jat1 nin4 bun3 zoi2 zau6 zing1 tung1 dou3 jing1 man4 hai6 mou5 ho2 nang4 ge3 si6 。
    • It is impossible to master English in a year or so.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    电子产品生命周期好短，依家热卖嘅产品，可能一年半载后就变晒死货。
    電子產品生命週期好短，依家熱賣嘅產品，可能一年半載後就變晒死貨。
    • Electronic products have a really short life cycle, the hot selling items, can become totally unsellable in a year or even six months.
  2. Cantonese
    一年半载
    一年半載
    jat1 nin4 bun3 zoi2
    • roughly one year or six months
  3. Cantonese
    学语言唔系一年半载就识㗎。
    學語言唔係一年半載就識㗎。
    hok6 jyu5 jin4 m4 hai6 jat1 nin4 bun3 zoi2 zau6 sik1 gaa3.
    • Learning a new language is not something to be done in just a year or so. (It will take much longer.)