半晌

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	around noon
simp. and trad. (半晌)		半	晌
variant forms		半餉／半饷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànshǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ hoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànshǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshaang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànshǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànshǎngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕㄤˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshaangl
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànshǎngr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʂɑ̃ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ hoeng²
  - Yale: bun héung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ hoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ hêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ hœ̽ːŋ³⁵/

Noun

半晌

(Mainland China, regional) half of the day
(Mainland China) a long time; quite a while
a short period of time

Derived terms

上半晌 (shàngbànshǎng)
下半晌

前半晌
後半晌／后半晌 (hòubànshǎng)

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