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一半

一半

Chinese

		one; 1; single one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (一半)		一	半

Numeral

一半

one half; half

我去過中國一半的地方。 [MSC, trad.]

我去过中国一半的地方。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒ qù guò zhōngguó yībàn de dìfāng. [Pinyin]

I've travelled half of China.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yībàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ bun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-pan
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-pòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ buan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yībàn [Phonetic: yíbàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ibann
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pa̠n⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (一半兒／一半儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: yībànr [Phonetic: yíbànr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄅㄢˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iball
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ bun³
  - Yale: yāt bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ bun³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ puːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` ban
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
  - IPA: /it̚² pan⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-pan
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ban
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ban⁴
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² pan⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidpvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² puã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ puã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² puã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² puã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ buan³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k puàⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² pũã²¹³/