半日

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (半日)		半	日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànrì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ jat⁶
Min Nan (POJ): pòaⁿ-li̍t / pòaⁿ-ji̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannryh
  - IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ jat⁶
  - Yale: bun yaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ jat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ yed⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ jɐt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-li̍t
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-li̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarlit
  - IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lit̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ji̍t
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-ji̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarjit
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑit̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑit̚⁴/

Noun

半日

half a day
(figuratively) a long time
搞咗半日都未搞掂啊？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
Gaau² zo² bun³ jat⁶ dou¹ mei⁶ gaau² dim⁶ aa⁴? [Jyutping]
You've been doing this the whole day, and you're still not done?

Related terms

半天 (bàntiān)
全日 (quánrì)
全天 (quántiān)

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