半個人

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	(a measure word); individual	man; person; people
trad. (半個人)		半	個	人
simp. (半个人)		半	个	人
Literally: “half of a person”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn ge rén

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ go³ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn ge rén
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn ge̊ rén
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴ ko⁵ jên²
    • Yale: bàn ge rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann .ge ren
    • Palladius: бань гэ жэнь (banʹ gɛ žɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ g̊ə¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ go³ jan⁴
    • Yale: bun go yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ go³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ go³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹/

Noun

半個人

1. trace of people (in phrases indicating the absence of people)

   沒有半個人來／没有半个人来  ―  méiyǒu bàn ge rén lái  ―  no one came