下半

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (下半)		下	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha-pan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pan⁴
    • Yale: syà-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbann
    • Palladius: сябань (sjabanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ bun³
    • Yale: hah bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² puːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha-pan
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha ban
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ ban⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/

Noun

下半

1. lower half

Antonyms

• 上半 (shàngbàn)

Derived terms

• 下半夜 (xiàbànyè)
• 下半天 (xiàbàntiān)
• 下半年 (xiàbànnián)
• 下半晌 (xiàbànshǎng)
• 下半月 (xiàbànyuè)
• 下半身 (xiàbànshēn)
• 下半輩子／下半辈子