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bàn

Written yī bàn, said yí bàn — 一 is yí before a fourth tone and yì before the others.

HSK 1 · word 428 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

别留着一半工作没干。

bié liú zhe yí bàn gōng zuò méi gān

Don't leave your work half finished.

Characters in 一半

one plus half. also stands before measures: 半个小时, half an hour.

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