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  *半* | 半* | *半
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
HSK 1
half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
half a year
HSK 1
(idiom) half true and half false
HSK 7-9
the mid-slope of a mountain
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
peninsula
HSK 7-9
semifinals
HSK 6
not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee
half price
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
more than half
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
semiconductor
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-9
half-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
half an hour; 30 minutes
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
halfway / midway
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
translucent / semitransparent
part work, part study / work-study program
half-awake / half-asleep
hemisphere
the least bit
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
half-mast / half-staff
half of sth
half of sth / one side of sth
meniscus (anatomy)
(physics) half-life
semifluid
half the day / a long time / quite a while
semicircle
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
midair
semiovert / more or less open
semicircular
fortnightly / twice a month
half-length photo or portrait / bust
semiaxis / radius
semitone
fifty (years of age)
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
half a year
half load
(not) a single person / (no) one
semifeudal
half (of sth) / halfway through
semiliterate
half-moon / fortnight
to not fully understand (idiom)
local anesthetic / anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
half a dozen
teenage boy; adolescent boy
half-open door / fig. prostitute
middle / halfway
galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar
half-open, half closed
semiofficial
semi-precious stone
eighth finals
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
semiskilled
half of a lifetime
Pinellia ternata
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
middle / halfway
half of the day / a long time / quite a while
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
semicivilized
half a lifetime
in midair / in the air
centaur (mythology)
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
half-naked
half-naked
(anatomy) semicircular canal
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
shallow / not thorough / superficial
archaeological site near Xi'an
semi-manufactured goods / semifinished articles / semifinished products
semitone
part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
semimembranosus (anatomy)
lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom) / fig. to change one's career; to take up a new line of work or specialization; to enter a profession from a different background
half squat
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person

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