一半

yībàn

number HSK 1 #1,117

Meanings

1 half

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

我吃了一半。

Wǒ chī le yībàn.

I ate half of it.

HSK 1

一半的学生是女生。

Yībàn de xuéshēng shì nǚshēng.

Half of the students are girls.

HSK 3

这些苹果，你拿一半，我拿一半。

Zhèxiē píngguǒ, nǐ ná yíbàn, wǒ ná yíbàn.

These apples—you take half and I take half.

Tips

usage

一半 can be used as a noun ('half') or an adverb ('halfway'): 我做了一半就不想做了 'I did it halfway and didn't want to continue.'

Stroke Order

一 yī

半 bàn