"大半天" meaning in Chinese

See 大半天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ta⁴⁵ pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰxie¹¹/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /taːi̯²² puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/, /ta⁴⁵ pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰxie¹¹/, /du²² pø⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/, /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/ Chinese transliterations: dàbàntiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], daai⁶ bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], da³ ban³ tie¹ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], ⁶du-poe-thi, dai⁵ bonn⁴ tienn¹, dàbàntiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], dàbàntian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ta⁴-pan⁴-tʻien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dà-bàn-tyān [Mandarin, Yale], dahbanntian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], дабаньтянь [Mandarin, Palladius], dabanʹtjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], daaih bun tīn [Cantonese, Yale], daai⁶ bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dai⁶ bun³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], da³ ban³ tie¹ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], ⁶du-poe-thi [Wu], du^去 poe thi [Wu], ³du-poe-thi [Wu], /du²² pø⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/ [Wu], dai⁵ bonn⁴ tienn¹ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 大半天
  1. most of the day; most of the daytime in a day
    Sense id: en-大半天-zh-noun-90KuTFfM
  2. (figurative) a long time; quite a while Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-大半天-zh-noun-ID1TeIm0 Disambiguation of Time: 12 88 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

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          "text": "我忙了大半天了,活儿就不停地来;可逮着了个空儿歇会儿! [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]\nWǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "da³ ban³ tie¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dahbanntian"
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      "zh-pron": "дабаньтянь"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "dabanʹtjanʹ"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "dà-bàn-tyān"
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      "zh-pron": "dahbanntian"
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      "zh-pron": "дабаньтянь"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "dabanʹtjanʹ"
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    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "daaih bun tīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "daai⁶ bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dai⁶ bun³ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "da³ ban³ tie¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ta⁴⁵ pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰxie¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶du-poe-thi"
    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "du^去 poe thi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
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      "zh-pron": "³du-poe-thi"
    },
    {
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        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/du²² pø⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/"
    },
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        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dai⁵ bonn⁴ tienn¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ta⁴⁵ pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰxie¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/du²² pø⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "大半天"
}

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