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HSK 1
半天

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半天

bàn tiān

半天 (bàn tiān) means “half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Measure word: 个

How to write 半天

Practice each character:

Example

我等了半天。

Wǒ děng le bàntiān.

I waited for a long time.

More HSK 1 vocabulary

爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs 八bāeight; 8 爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my 杯子bēi zicup; glass 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello 北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China 你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 半天 mean?: 半天 (bàn tiān) means “half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 半天 pronounced?: 半天 is pronounced “bàn tiān” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 半天?: 半天 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Updated: 2026-05-27