減半

Chinese

		to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (減半)		減	半
simp. (减半)		减	半

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnbàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam² bun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiám-pòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnbàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnbàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-pan⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanbann
    • Palladius: цзяньбань (czjanʹbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaam² bun³
    • Yale: gáam bun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaam² bun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gam² bun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm³⁵ puːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiám-pòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiám-puànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiafmpvoax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹/

Verb

減半

1. to reduce by half

   • 自是始征伐四夷，師出三十餘年，天下戶口減半。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自是始征伐四夷，师出三十余年，天下户口减半。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Zìshì shǐ zhēngfá sìyí, shī chū sānshí yú nián, tiānxià hùkǒu jiǎnbàn. [Pinyin]

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