半[bàn]

数half; semi-

♦ ~小时 half an hour

♦ 一个~月 a month and a half; one and a half months

♦ ~年 six months; half a year

♦ ~机械化 semi-mechanized

♦ 增加一倍~ increase by 150%

形

1. in the middle; halfway

♦ ~山腰 halfway up a hill

2. very little; the least bit

♦ 他连~句话都不说。 He wouldn't breathe a word.

副partly; about half

♦ ~开玩笑地说 say sth. half jokingly

♦ 房门~开着。 The door was left half open.