Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

半天

bàntiān

ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

  1. 1half of the day
  2. 2a long time
  3. 3quite a while
  4. 4midair
Example

他們看了那部電影半天了。

tāmen kàn le nà bù diànyǐng bàntiān le

They’ve been watching that film for ages.

Measure word

Keep 半天 and it comes back until you know it.

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