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how to write ban(half) in chinese

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eanglish meaninghalf; in the middle; halfway; very little; partly

  Stroke order of the Chinese character "半" (ban)

Handwriting

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Basic explanations

num. (二分之一) half:

1.  
half a year; six months;

2.  一天
one and a half days;

3.  
reduce by half

num. (在 ... 中间的) in the middle; halfway:

1.  山腰
halfway up a hill;

2.  
in the middle of the night;

3.  工作到深更
burn the midnight oil

num. (比喻很少) very little; the least bit:

1.  一星
very little; a wee bit;

2.  他连句话都不说。
He wouldn't breathe a word.

(常和“一”、“两”组合成“一半”、“两半”等):

1.  把它切成同样大小的两
Cut it into two exact halves.

2.  这些书有一是德语的。
Half of the books are in German.

3.  这些学生一大来自农村。
The students are, for the most part, from the villages.

adv. (不完全) partly:

1.  新的
half-new;

2.  死的
dead-alive;

3.  开的门
partly-opened door;

4.  机械化
semi-mechanized

n. (姓氏) a surname:

1.  
Ban Qian