半分

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
trad. (半分)		半	分
simp. ^#(半分)		半	分

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànfēn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ fan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànfēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànfen
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-fên¹
  - Yale: bàn-fēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannfen
  - Palladius: баньфэнь (banʹfɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ fən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ fan¹
  - Yale: bun fān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ fan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ fen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ fɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

半分

a little bit

Verb

半分

to divide into two parts

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	分
はん Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はんぶん [hàńbúꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hã̠mbɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

半(はん)分(ぶん) • (hanbun)

a half
半分(はんぶん)の人(ひと)が賛成(さんせい)した。
Hanbun no hito ga sansei shita.
Half of the people agreed.
half
彼(かれ)は半分(はんぶん)眠(ねむ)っていた。
Kare wa hanbun nemutteita.
He was half asleep.

Suffix

半(はん)分(ぶん) • (-hanbun)

half-
面白(おもしろ)半分(はんぶん)
omoshiro hanbun
for fun, half in jest

遊(あそ)び半分(はんぶん)
asobi hanbun
half for fun

からかい半分(はんぶん)
karakai hanbun
facetiously, half-jokingly

Derived terms

話(はなし)半(はん)分(ぶん) (hanashihanbun, “with a grain of salt”)
半(はん)分(ぶん)こ (hanbunko, “share fifty-fifty”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
半	分

Noun

半分 • (banbun) (hangeul 반분)

hanja form^? of 반분 (“half”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
半	分

Noun

半分

chữ Hán form of bán phần (“partial”)