半邊天

See also: 半边天

Chinese

		half; one side	day; sky; heaven
trad. (半邊天)		半邊	天
simp. (半边天)		半边	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànbiāntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bin¹ tin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-pian-thian / pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bànbiāntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bànbiantian
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pien¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: bàn-byān-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbiantian
  - Palladius: баньбяньтянь (banʹbjanʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - Yale: bun bīn tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ piːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-pian-thian
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-pian-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnpientiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-pinn-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarpvi'tvy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pĩ³³ tʰĩ³³/

Noun

半邊天

(literally) half the sky
婦女能頂半邊天／妇女能顶半边天 ― fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān ― women hold up half the sky
(figurative) vast area
(figurative) women (of the new society); womenfolk

Synonyms

(half the sky): (Min Nan) 半爿天
(women): 婦女／妇女 (fùnǚ)

Derived terms

紅透半邊天 / 红透半边天 (hóng tòu bànbiāntiān)