half past

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːf ˌpɑːst/, (reduced) /ˈhɑːˌpɑːst/, /ˈhɑːpəs(t)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæf ˌpæst/, (reduced) /ˈhæˌpæst/
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Noun

half past (uncountable)

Thirty minutes past any hour.
My train's supposed to arrive at 2. Let's plan on meeting at half past. -Sure, see you at half (past) two then.

Translations

"half past one" as example of usage in other languages

Arabic: السَّاعَة وَالنِّصْف (as-sāʕa wa-n-niṣf), السَّاعَة الْوَاحِدَة وَالنِّصْف (as-sāʕa l-wāḥida wa-n-niṣf)
Basque: bat ta erdi
Bengali: দেড়টা বাজে (deṛoṭa baje), আড়াইটা বাজে (aṛaiṭa baje), সাড়ে (bn) (śaṛe) (hour greater than 2)
Catalan: dos quarts de dues (used with the following hour)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 一點半 / 一点半 (jat¹ dim² bun³), 點半 / 点半 (dim² bun³)

Mandarin: 一點半 / 一点半 (yī diǎn bàn)
Czech: půl druhé (used with the following hour)
Danish: halv to (used with the following hour)
Dutch: half twee (used with the following hour)
Esperanto: la unua kaj duono
Estonian: pool kaks (used with the following hour)
Faroese: hálvgum tvey
Finnish: puoli kaksi (used with the following hour)
French: et demie
Georgian: ნახევარი (naxevari), ორის ნახევარი (oris naxevari)
German: halb zwei (used with the following hour)
Greek: και μισή (kai misí, literally “and half”), μία και μισή (mía kai misí, literally “one and half”), μιάμιση (el) f (miámisi, literally “one (and) half”)
Hindi: डेढ़ बजा (ḍeṛh bajā), ढाई बजे (ḍhāī baje), साढ़े (hi) (sāṛhe) (hour greater than 2)
Hungarian: fél kettő (literally “half two”) (i.e., half of the second hour)
Indonesian: setengah dua
Italian: e mezza (literally “and half”), mezza (it) (informally, for half past twelve)
Japanese: 一時半 (いちじはん, ichijihan)
Khmer: ម៉ោងមួយកន្លះ (km) (maong muəy kɑnlah)
Korean: 한시 반 (hansi ban)
Maltese: is-siegħa u nofs
Persian: ساعت یک و نیم (sâ'at yek o nim)
Polish: wpół do drugiej (used with the following hour)
Portuguese: uma e meia
Romanian: unu și jumătate
Russian: полвторо́го (ru) (polvtoróvo), полови́на второ́го (polovína vtoróvo), час три́дцать (čas trídcatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: pola dva (used with the following hour)
Slovak: pol druhej
Spanish: una y media
Swahili: saa saba na nusu (literally “hour seven and a half”)
Swedish: halv två (used with the following hour)
Turkish: saat bir buçuk
Ukrainian: пів на дру́гу (piv na drúhu, literally “half onto the second hour”) (used with the following hour)
Urdu: دیڑھ بجا (ḍeṛh bajā), ڈھائی بجے (ḍhāī baje), ساڑھے (sāṛhe) (hour greater than 2)
Vietnamese: một giờ rươi
Welsh: hanner awr wedi un