一……半……

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)			half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (一……半……)		一	…	…	半	…	…

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹...bun³...

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹...bun³...
    • Yale: yāt...bun...
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷...bun³...
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹...bun³...
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ puːn³³/

Phrase

一……半……

1. (Cantonese) very few; just one or two

   一次半次啫 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ ci³ bun³ ci³ ze¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a few times only

   一餐半餐食貴少少都冇乜所謂啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一餐半餐食贵少少都冇乜所谓啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ caan¹ bun³ caan¹ sik⁶ gwai³ siu² siu² dou¹ mou⁵ mat¹ so² wai⁶ laa¹. [Jyutping]

   For just a few meals, it's not that big of a deal to have something a little more expensive.

Usage notes

This construction involves the same classifier after 一 (jat¹) and after 半 (bun³).