半……不……

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half			not; no
simp. and trad. (半……不……)		半	…	…	不	…	…

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn bù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn...bù...
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn bù
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴ pu⁴
    • Yale: bàn bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann buh
    • Palladius: бань бу (banʹ bu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

Idiom

半……不……

1. Synonym of 半……半…… (bàn bàn, “half …, half …”)

   半死不活  ―  bànsǐbùhuó  ―  half-dead; more dead than alive

   半新不舊／半新不旧  ―  bànxīnbùjiù  ―  no longer new; showing signs of wear