bàn

half; semi-; incomplete

numeral(副) HSK 3.0 · Band 1

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

现在两点半。

It's half past two now.

我吃了半个苹果。

I ate half an apple.