# 半真半假 (bànzhēnbànjiǎ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 半真半假 (bànzhēnbànjiǎ) means “half-joking; partly true”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: half-joking; partly true
- Pinyin: bànzhēnbànjiǎ (ban4 zhen1 ban4 jia3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他半真半假地说了这番话。
  Tā bànzhēnbànjiǎ de shuō le zhè fān huà.
  He said those words half-jokingly.

## Characters

- [半](https://hanziro.com/word/ban-half/) (bàn): half
- [真](https://hanziro.com/word/zhen-really/) (zhēn): really; truly
- [假](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-fake/) (jiǎ): fake; false

https://hanziro.com/word/ban-zhen-ban-jia-half-joking/

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