# 半边天 (bànbiāntiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 半边天 (bànbiāntiān) means “half the sky; womenfolk”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: half the sky; womenfolk
- Pinyin: bànbiāntiān (ban4 bian1 tian1)
- Traditional: 半邊天
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 如今的女性真是半边天。
  Rújīn de nǚxìng zhēn shì bànbiāntiān.
  Today's women truly hold up half the sky.

## Characters

- [半](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-half/) (bàn): half
- [边](https://hanziro.com/word/bian-side/) (biān): side; edge
- [天](https://hanziro.com/word/tian-day/) (tiān): day; sky

https://hanziro.com/word/ban-bian-tian-half-sky/

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