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半年

半年

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	year
simp. and trad. (半年)		半	年

Noun

半年

half-year

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	年
はん Grade: 2	とし Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

半年 ‎(hiragana はんとし, romaji hantoshi)

half a year; half-year

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	年

Noun

半年 • ‎(bannyeon) ‎(hangeul 반년)

Hanja form^? of 반년, “half-year”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bànnián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ nin⁴
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-nî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànnián
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannnian
  - IPA ^(key): /pa̠n⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ nin⁴
  - Yale: bun nìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ nin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ niːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-nî
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarnii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ ni¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ ni²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ ni²³/