Cantonese Dictionary

半世人

bun3 sai3 jan4

Mandarin: ban4 shi4 ren2

Half of a lifetime

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半中腰

bun3 zung1 jiu1

Mandarin: ban4 zhong1 yao1

halfway; middle

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半人馬

bun jan4 maa5

Mandarin: ban4 ren2 ma3

centaur (lit., half man half horse)

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半以上

bun3 ji5 soeng6

Mandarin: ban4 yi3 shang4

more than half

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半保留複製

bun3 bou2 lau4 fuk1 zai3

Mandarin: ban4 bao3 liu2 fu4 zhi4

semiconservative replication

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半信半疑

bun3 seon3 bun3 ji4

Mandarin: ban4 xin4 ban4 yi2

half-believe, half-doubt

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半個鐘

bun3 go3 zung1

Mandarin: ban4 ge5 zhong1

Simplified: 半个钟

Half an hour

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半價

bun3 gaa3

Mandarin: ban4 jia4

half-price

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半光

bun3 gwong1

semi-dull, matte

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半公開

bun3 gung1 hoi1

Mandarin: ban4 gong1 kai1

semi-overt; more or less open

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半勒卡

bun3 lak6 kaa1

Mandarin: ban4 lei1 ka3

halfway; somewhere in between

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半勞動力

bun3 lou4 dung6 lik6

Mandarin: ban4 lao2 dong4 li4

one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker

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半吊子

bun3 diu3 zi2

Mandarin: ban4 diao4 zi5

dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person | [粵]: 半桶水

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半吞半吐

bun3 tan1 bun3 tou3

Mandarin: ban4 tun1 ban4 tu3

mutter and mumble; indirectly spoken

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半唐番

bun3 tong4 faan1

Mandarin: ban4 tang2 fan1

(noun) a mixed-race person (half Chinese, half foreign) person; something that combines Chinese and Western elements

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半圓

bun3 jyun4

Mandarin: ban4 yuan2

semicircle

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半圓形的

bun3 jyun4 jing4 dik1

Mandarin: ban4 yuan2 xing2 de5

[adj] compass

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半場

bun3 coeng4

Mandarin: ban4 chang3

[體育] [1] halftime; half-time [2] half-court | e.g. a half-court volley: 半場截擊

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半夜

bun3 je6/6*2

Mandarin: ban4 ye4

12 midnight

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半夜三更

bun3 je6 saam1 gaang1

Mandarin: ban4 ye4 san1 geng1

late at night [Syn.] 三更半夜, 夜半三更, 三更夜半

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半夜食黃瓜

bun3 je6 sik6 wong4 gwaa1

Mandarin: ban4 ye4 shi2 huang2 gua5

Simplified: 半夜食黄瓜

eating a cucumber in midnight, which means not knowing where is the start and end

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半天

bun3 tin1

Mandarin: ban4 tian1

[1] half a day [粵]: 半日 [2] a long time; quite a while [粵]: 成日

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半天吊

bun3 tin1 diu3

Mandarin: ban4 tian1 diao4

(adjective) hanging in midair; suspended up high; (slang) at an impasse

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半失業

bun3 sat1 jip6

Mandarin: ban4 shi1 ye4

semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed

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半官方

bun3 gun1 fong1

Mandarin: ban4 guan1 fang1

semi-official

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半封建

bun3 fung1 gin3

Mandarin: ban4 feng1 jian4

semi-feudal

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半專業

bun3 zyun1 jip6

Mandarin: ban4 zhuan1 ye4

semi-professional

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半導體

bun3 dou6 tai2

Mandarin: ban4 dao3 ti3

semiconductor

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半導體探測器

bun3 dou6 tai2 taam3 caak1 hei3

Mandarin: ban4 dao3 ti3 tan4 ce4 qi4

semiconductor detector

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半小時

bun3 siu2 si4

a half hour

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