Word: 一半 (yībàn)

一半病人吃的是安慰剂。

Yíbàn bìngrén chī de shì ānwèijì.

Half of the patients were given a placebo.

一半的学生今天没来。

Yíbàn de xuésheng jīntiān méi lái.

Half of the students didn't come today.

一轮面试就筛掉了一半人。

Yìlún miànshì jiù shāi diào le yíbàn rén.

One round of interviews weeded out half the people.

二一添作五，一半

èryìtiānzuòwǔ, yíbàn

two-one, add to make five: half

他总是把薪水的一半存入银行。

Tā zǒngshì bǎ xīnshuǐ de yíbàn cúnrù yínháng.

He always puts one half of his salary in the bank.

他的工资一半都花在房价上了。

Tā de gōngzī yíbàn dōu huā zài fángjià shàng le.

Half of his salary goes to the cost of housing.

他的月薪一半都用来付房租。

Tā de yuèxīn yíbàn dōu yònglái fù fángzū.

Half of his monthly salary goes to paying rent.

会议开到一半，突发停电了。

Huìyì kāi dào yíbàn, tūfā tíngdiànle.

Halfway through the meeting, the power suddenly went out.

你先付一半，差额下月补。

Nǐ xiān fù yíbàn, chā'é xià yuè bǔ.

Pay half first, and make up the remaining balance next month.

别留着一半工作没干。

Bié liúzhe yíbàn gōngzuò méi gàn.

Don't leave your work half finished.

女生构成了班里的一半。

Nǚshēng gòuchéngle bān lǐ de yíbàn.

Girls make up half of the class.

好的开始是成功的一半。

Hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yíbàn.

Well begun is half done.

差不多一半同学都学过英语。

Chàbùduō yíbàn tóngxué dōu xué guò Yīngyǔ.

Nearly half the students have learned English.

我们已经喝了一半了。

Wǒmen yǐjīng hēle yíbàn le.

We've already drunk half of it.

我吃饭吃了一半就不想吃了。

Wǒ chīfàn chīle yíbàn jiù bùxiǎng chīle.

I'd eaten half the meal, and then I just didn't want any more.

有关你的事，我有一半都不相信。

Yǒuguān nǐ de shì, wǒ yǒu yíbàn dōu bù xiāngxìn.

I don't believe half of what I've been told about you.

每个月的房贷占了我一半工资。

Měige yuè de fángdài zhànle wǒ yíbàn gōngzī.

The mortgage takes up half of my salary every month.

请给我一半，好吗？

Qǐng gěi wǒ yíbàn, hǎo ma?

Please give me half, okay?

这些苹果的其中一半都烂了。

Zhèxiē píngguǒ de qízhōng yíbàn dōu lànle.

Half of these apples are rotten.

这项工作已经完成了一半。

Zhè xiàng gōngzuò yǐjīng wánchéngle yíbàn.

The job is half done.

面包被吃了一半。

Miànbāo bèi chīle yíbàn.

The bun was half eaten.