Word information
Simplified半天
Traditional半天
Pinyinbàntiān
Part of speech数量
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
半天
bàntiān · half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 半天
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