半……毋成……

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
simp. and trad. (半……毋成……)		半	……	毋成

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ ... m̄-chiâⁿ ...

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ ... m̄-chiâⁿ ...
    • Tâi-lô: puànn ... m̄-tsiânn ...
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹ m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹ m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹ m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡siã¹³/

Adverb

半……毋成……

1. (Hokkien) neither … nor (used with two opposing adjectives indicating dislike or dissatisfaction)

   半新毋成舊 [Hokkien, trad.]
   半新毋成旧 [Hokkien, simp.]

   pòaⁿ sin m̄-chiâⁿ kū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   neither new nor old