English–Chinese
“half” in Chinese
How to say “half” in Chinese
“Half” in Chinese is 半 (bàn).
One of two equal parts of a whole, extended to anything that is only partly complete or only partway along.
Example sentences with 半
她喝了半杯牛奶。tā hē le bàn bēi niú nǎi
She drank half a cup of milk.
Tips for using 半
- For a food portion, the expression for half comes before a classifier, as in bàn ge dàngāo, meaning "half a cake"; English usually puts the article directly before the noun.
Other Chinese words for “half”
他吃了一半。tā chī le yí bàn
He ate half.
半数的人没到场。bàn shù de rén méi dào chǎng
Half the people did not show up.