半天(bàn tiān)

HSK 32 characters

half of the day

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 半天 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 他们看了那部电影半天了。

    tā men kàn le nà bù diàn yǐng bàn tiān le

    They’ve been watching that film for ages.

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