半邊天

See also: 半边天

Chinese

		half; one side	day; sky; heaven
trad. (半邊天)		半邊	天
simp. (半边天)		半边	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bànbiāntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bin¹ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): poàn-pian-thian / pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànbiāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànbiantian
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-pien¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: bàn-byān-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbiantian
    • Palladius: баньбяньтянь (banʹbjanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
    • Yale: bun bīn tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ piːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-pian-thian
    • Tâi-lô: puàn-pian-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poarnpientiefn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puànn-pinn-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarpvi'tvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pĩ³³ tʰĩ³³/

Noun

半邊天

1. (literally) half the sky

   婦女能頂半邊天／妇女能顶半边天  ―  fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān  ―  women hold up half the sky

2. (figurative) vast area
3. (figurative) women (of the new society); womenfolk

Synonyms

• (half the sky): (Min Nan) 半爿天
• (women): 婦女／妇女 (fùnǚ)

Derived terms

• 紅透半邊天 / 红透半边天 (hóng tòu bànbiāntiān)