半載

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to carry; to convey; to load to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; and; also; as well as; simultaneously; year
trad. (半載)		半	載
simp. (半载)		半	载

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ zoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-chài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-tsai³
    • Yale: bàn-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntzae
    • Palladius: баньцзай (banʹczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ zoi²
    • Yale: bun jói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ dzoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ zoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ t͡sɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-chài
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-tsài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarzaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sai²¹/

Noun

半載

1. (literary) half a year; half-year

Synonyms

• 半年 (bànnián)

Derived terms

• 一年半載 / 一年半载 (yīniánbànzǎi)