# 半天 (bàntiān)

In Mandarin Chinese, 半天 (bàntiān) means “half of the day; a long time”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: half of the day; a long time
- Pinyin: bàntiān (ban4 tian1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 我等了他半天。
  Wǒ děngle tā bàntiān.
  I waited for him for a long time.

## Characters

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

https://hanziro.com/word/ban-tian-half-day/

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