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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
half hour
half of a game or contest / half-court
HSK 7-9
peninsula
HSK 7-9
half the number; half
HSK 7-9
semifinals
HSK 6
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
halfway / midway / on the way
HSK 7-9
(idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
HSK 7-9
more than half
halfway / midway
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
translucent / semitransparent
not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee
hemisphere
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
semicircular
fifty (usually referring to sb's age)
weekend spouse / relationship involving a sugar-daddy
half-mast / half-staff
(anatomy) semicircular canal
to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
HSK 7-9
half of sth / one side of sth
meniscus (anatomy)
Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
(physics) half-life
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
midair
semiconductor
dull (lamplight)
fortnightly / twice a month
mid-levels (in Hong Kong)
half-length photo or portrait / bust
semitone
fifty (years of age)
one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker
half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
semiovert / more or less open
semifeudal
half (of sth) / halfway through
semiliterate
half-moon / fortnight
half bridge (electronics)
to not fully understand (idiom)
local anesthetic / anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
half of sth
half a dozen
teenage boy; adolescent boy
middle / halfway
galactose (CH2O)6 / brain sugar
semiofficial
half-cooked; (of vegetables) parboiled; (of steak) medium; (of eggs) soft-boiled
Pinellia ternata
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
middle / halfway
partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work
semicircle
eighth finals
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
semiautomatic
half a lifetime
in midair / in the air
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
semiconservative replication
(not) a single person / (no) one
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
semiskilled
half-naked
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
half-naked
half visual field
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-marathon (abbr. for 半程馬拉松|半程马拉松)
quasi-regular
half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
half squat
dabbler / smatterer / tactless and impulsive person
semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
medium-sized
part work, part study / work-study program
day care
semicolonial
soft-boiled egg
upper jacket
(medicine) semi-liquid food
cysteine (Cys), an amino acid / mercaptoethyl amine

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