"半天" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/, /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/, /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/, /pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/, /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/, /pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/, /põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/ Chinese transliterations: bàntiān [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], бантян [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], banti͡an [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], III-I [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ban³ tie¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], pòaⁿ-thiⁿ, ⁵poe-thi, bonn⁴ tienn¹, bàntiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bàntian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pan⁴-tʻien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàn-tyān [Mandarin, Yale], banntian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], баньтянь [Mandarin, Palladius], banʹtjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], bàntiānr [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bàntianr [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pan⁴-tʻien¹-ʼrh [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bàn-tyānr [Mandarin, Yale], banntial [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], баньтяньр [Mandarin, Palladius], banʹtjanʹr [Mandarin, Palladius], bun tīn [Cantonese, Yale], bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ban³ tie¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], pòaⁿ-thiⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], puànn-thinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], pvoartvy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ⁵poe-thi [Northern, Wu], poe^去 thi [Northern, Wu], ²poe-thi [Northern, Wu], /pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/ [Northern, Wu], bonn⁴ tienn¹ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 半天
  1. half a day Synonyms (half a day): 半日 (bànrì), 半晌 (bànshǎng), 半晝 [Cantonese], 半昼 [Cantonese], 半工 (pòaⁿ-kang) [Hokkien], 半晡 (pòaⁿ-po͘)
    Sense id: en-半天-zh-noun-iKLIaXEE Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of 'half a day': 100 0
  2. (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever Tags: excessive, figuratively Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (a long time): 半日 (bànrì)
    Sense id: en-半天-zh-noun-rWzWOdBl Disambiguation of Time: 8 92 Categories (other): Chinese hyperboles, Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks, Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 8 92 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'a long time': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 全日 (quánrì), 全天 (quántiān)
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      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-thiⁿ"
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    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵poe-thi"
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      "zh-pron": "bonn⁴ tienn¹"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "bàntiān"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "баньтянь"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "banʹtjanʹ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "bàntiānr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "bàntianr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-tʻien¹-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "bàn-tyānr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banntial"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "баньтяньр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹtjanʹr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun tīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ tin¹"
    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
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        "POJ"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-thinn"
    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoartvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
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    },
    {
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "poe^去 thi"
    },
    {
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²poe-thi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
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        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
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      "zh-pron": "bonn⁴ tienn¹"
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    {
      "ipa": "/põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/"
    }
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  "word": "半天"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 半",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Time"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "半天",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "quánrì",
      "word": "全日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quántiān",
      "word": "全天"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "in general, one needs about half a day’s time",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2005: Chinese Wikipedia, 西湖龍井 (Xihu Longjing tea)",
          "roman": "yībān xūyào bàntiān zuǒyòu shíjiān",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一般需要半天左右時間",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "in general, one needs about half a day’s time",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2005: Chinese Wikipedia, 西湖龍井 (Xihu Longjing tea)",
          "roman": "yībān xūyào bàntiān zuǒyòu shíjiān",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一般需要半天左右时间",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "half a day"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ],
        [
          "day",
          "day"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese hyperboles",
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她扭捏了好半天才說出來話。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她扭捏了好半天才说出来话。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: \"don't you worry.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》/《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32",
          "roman": "Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "寶玉瞅了半天,方說道「你放心」三個字。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: \"don't you worry.\"",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》/《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32",
          "roman": "Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "宝玉瞅了半天,方说道「你放心」三个字。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)",
          "roman": "Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "搞了半天都未能解決,有沒有維基人能幫幫忙?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)",
          "roman": "Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "搞了半天都未能解决,有没有维基人能帮帮忙?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a long time; quite a while; a while; forever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ],
        [
          "forever",
          "forever"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "excessive",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàntiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бантян"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banti͡an"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "III-I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban³ tie¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵poe-thi"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "bonn⁴ tienn¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàntiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàntian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banntian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньтянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹtjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàntiānr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàntianr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pan⁴-tʻien¹-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàn-tyānr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banntial"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "баньтяньр"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "banʹtjanʹr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun tīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ban³ tie¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pòaⁿ-thiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "puànn-thinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pvoartvy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵poe-thi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "poe^去 thi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²poe-thi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bonn⁴ tienn¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "bànrì",
      "sense": "half a day",
      "word": "半日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bànshǎng",
      "sense": "half a day",
      "word": "半晌"
    },
    {
      "sense": "half a day",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "半晝"
    },
    {
      "sense": "half a day",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "半昼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòaⁿ-kang",
      "sense": "half a day",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "半工"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pòaⁿ-po͘",
      "sense": "half a day",
      "word": "半晡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bànrì",
      "sense": "a long time",
      "word": "半日"
    }
  ],
  "word": "半天"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 半天 meaning in All languages combined (8.5kB)

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