Word: 半 (bàn)

七斤半的苦瓜，没见过这号种

qī jīn bàn de kǔguā, méi jiànguo zhè hào zhǒng

a seven-and-a-half-catty bitter melon: never seen this sort of kind

他从早上九点工作到下午五点半。

Tā cóng zǎoshang jiǔ diǎn gōngzuò dào xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn bàn.

He works from nine to five-thirty.

他用帽子遮着半张脸。

Tāyòng màozi zhēzhe bàn zhāng liǎn.

He was hiding half his face under a hat.

你必须在两点半之前完成它。

Nǐ bìxū zài liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián wánchéng tā.

You have to finish this by 2:30.

你昨天两点半的时候在哪儿？

Nǐ zuótiān liǎng diǎn bàn de shíhou zài nǎr?

Where were you yesterday at 2:30?

八时半方便你吗？

Bā shí bàn fāngbiàn nǐ ma?

Would 8:30 be convenient for you?

八点半开始上课。

Bā diǎn bàn kāishǐ shàngkè.

Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

六点半开始。

Liù diǎn bàn kāishǐ.

It begins at six-thirty.

半篮子喜鹊，叫唤起来没个完

bàn lánzi xǐquè, jiàohuan qǐlai méi ge wán

half a basket of magpies: once they start calling, no end

叫他们两点半之前到。

Jiào tāmen liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián dào.

Tell them to be here by 2:30.

学校八点半开始上课。

Xuéxiào bā diǎn bàn kāishǐ shàngkè.

School begins at half past eight.

学校3点半放学。

Xuéxiào sān diǎn bàn fàngxué.

School is over at 3:30.

学校8点半开始上课。

Xuéxiào bā diǎn bàn kāishǐ shàngkè.

School begins at eight-thirty.

我七点半会在那里。

Wǒ qī diǎn bàn huì zài nàli.

I'll be there at half seven.

我两点半左右打电话过来好吗？

Wǒ liǎng diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà guòlái hǎo ma?

May I call around 2:30?

我今天早上六点半起床。

Wǒ jīntiān zǎoshang liù diǎn bàn qǐchuáng.

I got up at six-thirty this morning.

我以为你两点半之前就到这了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián jiù dào zhè le.

I thought you'd be here by 2:30.

我以为你要7点半起床。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ yào qī diǎn bàn qǐchuáng.

I thought you had to get up by 7:30.

我们学校在八点半开始上课。

Wǒmen xuéxiào zài bā diǎn bàn kāishǐ shàngkè.

Our school begins at eight-thirty.

我们的火车在八点半出发。

Wǒmen de huǒchē zài bā diǎn bàn chūfā.

Our train leaves at eight-thirty.

我们通常在七点半吃早饭。

Wǒmen tōngcháng zài qī diǎn bàn chī zǎofàn.

We usually have breakfast at 7:30.

我六点半回来。

Wǒ liù diǎn bàn huílai.

I'll return at 6:30.

我只要半张纸。

Wǒ zhǐyào bàn zhāng zhǐ.

I only want half a sheet of paper.

整瓶不摇半瓶摇

zhěng píng bù yáo bàn píng yáo

a full bottle doesn't slosh, a half-full bottle sloshes

无才有志，成全半事；有才无志，白头了事；有才有志，做得大事

wú cái yǒuzhì, chéngquán bàn shì; yǒu cái wú zhì, báitóu liǎo shì; yǒu cái yǒuzhì, zuò de dàshì

no talent but ambition, half the job is done; talent but no ambition, you end with white hair and nothing; talent and ambition, you can do great things

昨天晚上我的女儿一点半才回家。

Zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ de nǚ'ér yìdiǎn bàn cái huíjiā.

Last night my daughter didn't come home until half past one.

最大的鹰的翅膀展开长达一米半。

Zuì dà de yīng de chìbǎng zhǎnkāi cháng dá yì mǐ bàn.

The largest eagles have a wingspan of one and a half meters.

满堂儿女，当不得半席夫妻

mǎntáng érnǚ, dāng bùdé bàn xí fūqī

a hall full of children is not worth half a mat of husband and wife

满壶全不响，半壶响叮当

mǎn hú quán bù xiǎng, bàn hú xiǎngdīngdāng

a full kettle makes no sound; a half-full one clatters

火车在今天下午一点半出发。

Huǒchē zài jīntiān xiàwǔ yìdiǎn bàn chūfā.

The train leaves at one-thirty this afternoon.

现在十点半。

Xiànzài shí diǎn bàn.

It's now half past ten.

现在才6点半，怎么会堵车呢？

Xiànzài cái liù diǎn bàn, zěnme huì dǔchē ne?

How can there be a traffic jam now, as late as 6 o'clock?

现在是七点半。

Xiànzài shì qī diǎn bàn.

It is 7:30.

英语课在八时半开始了。

Yīngyǔ kè zài bā shí bàn kāishǐle.

The English lesson started at 8:30.

行百里，半九十

xíng bǎilǐ, bàn jiǔshí

on a hundred-li journey, ninety is only half

请在七点半左右打电话给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎdiànhuà gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.

请在七点半左右打给我。

Qǐng zài qī diǎn bàn zuǒyòu dǎ gěi wǒ.

Please call me around 7:30.

课程八点半开始。

Kèchéng bā diǎn bàn kāishǐ.

The class begins at 8:30.

这个产品很受欢迎 - 我们已经卖了一盒半了！

Zhège chǎnpǐn hěn shòuhuānyíng - wǒmen yǐjīng màile yì hé bàn le!

This product is very popular - we've already sold a box and a half!

飞机预计三点半到达。

Fēijī yùjì sāndiǎn bàn dàodá.

The plane is expected to arrive at half past three.

8点半之前不会开始。

Bā diǎn bàn zhīqián búhuì kāishǐ.

It doesn't start before eight thirty.