另一半

lìngyībàn

noun

Meanings

1 spouse / partner (lit. "the other half")
2 significant other

Characters

Examples

希望大家都能找到自己的另一半。

Xīwàng dàjiā dōu néng zhǎodào zìjǐ de lìngyībàn.

Hope everyone finds their other half.

我的另一半是个医生。

Wǒ de lìngyībàn shì ge yīshēng.

My significant other is a doctor.

她和另一半一起来参加婚礼。

Tā hé lìngyībàn yìqǐ lái cānjiā hūnlǐ.

She came to the wedding with her partner.

Tips

register

Warm, slightly poetic. Gender-neutral, so handy when you don't know whether to say 老公 or 老婆. Very common in social-media captions and wedding speeches.

Stroke Order

另 lìng

一 yī

半 bàn