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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 半天

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
半天 bàn tiān - half of the day
- a long time
- quite a while
- midair
- CL:個|个[ge4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 1 10,559 4,406 2,466

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
半 bàn- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
天 tiān- day
- sky
- heaven

Other Words Containing 半天

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
半天 - 1 10,559 4,406 2,466