半世

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (半世)		半	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): buan³ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: bàn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannshyh
    • Palladius: баньши (banʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 半世 辦事／办事

• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buan³ si³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puàⁿ sì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ si²¹³/

Noun

半世

1. half a lifetime

Synonyms

• 半世人 (bun³ sai³ jan⁴) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 半世代人 (Hokkien)
• 半生 (bànshēng)
• 半輩／半辈 (Teochew)
• 半輩子／半辈子 (bànbèizi)