How common it is
半天 appears often in everyday Chinese, so it is worth practicing early and reviewing often.
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Pronunciation focus
Say bàn tiān slowly first, then repeat it in a short phrase. Listen for the tone shape.
Usage note
‘半天’用来表示时间的一半，通常指一天中的前半天或后半天。
‘半天’ yòng lái bǎo shí de yī bàn, tōng cháng zhǐ yì tiān zhōng de qián bàn tiān huò hòu bàn tiān。
'半天'用来表示时间的一半，通常指一天中的前半天或后半天。
Context note
‘半天’常用于描述工作、学习或活动的时间长度。例如：会议开了半天；孩子们玩了半天。
‘半天’ cháng yòng yú miáo shù gōng zuò、xué xí huò huó dòng de shí jiān cháng dù。例 如 ： huì yì kāi le bàn tiān；qí háo ér wán le bàn tiān。
'半天'常用于描述工作、学习或活动的时间长度。例如：会议开了半天；孩子们玩了半天。
5 examples
我们今天工作了半天。
wǒ men jīn tiān gōng zuò le bàn tiān。
We worked for half a day today.
我每天锻炼身体半天。
wǒ měi tiān duàn liàn shēn tǐ bàn tiān。
I exercise my body for half a day every day.
他们昨天玩了一整天，今天只玩了半天。
tā men zuó tiān wán le yì zhěng tiān， jīn tiān zhī wán le bàn tiān。
They played all day yesterday, but only half a day today.
这个项目需要两天时间完成，第一天我们完成了半天的工作量。
zhè gè xiàng mù xū yào liǎng tiān shí jiān wán chéng， dì yī tiān wǒ men wán chéng le bàn tiān de gōng zuò liàng。
This project needs two days to complete. On the first day, we completed half of the work load.
她每天早上跑步半小时，下午再跑半天。
tā měi tiān zǎo shàng pǎo bù bàn xiǎo shí， xià wǔ zài pǎo bàn tiān。
She runs for half an hour in the morning and then runs for another half a day in the afternoon.
5 mini stories
小明今天上午在学校学习了半天，下午回家写作业。
xiǎo míng jīn tiān shàng wǔ zài xué xiào xué xí le bàn tiān， xià wǔ huí jiā xiě zuò yè。
Xiaoming studied for half a day at school this morning, and did his homework after school.
妈妈说周末要带我去公园玩半天。
mā ma shuō zhōu mò yào dài wǒ qù gōng yuán wán bàn tiān。
Mom said she would take me to the park to play for half a day on the weekend.
爸爸每天早上跑步半小时，下午再跑半天。
bà ba měi tiān zǎo shàng pǎo bù bàn xiǎo shí， xià wǔ zài pǎo bàn tiān。
Dad runs for half an hour in the morning and then runs for another half a day in the afternoon.
我们昨天开会开了半天，讨论了很多问题。
wǒ men zuó tiān kāi huì kāi le bàn tiān， tǎo lùn le hěn duō wèn tí。
We had a meeting for half a day yesterday, discussing many issues.
姐姐每天早上做家务半小时，下午再做半天。
jiě jie měi tiān zǎo shàng zuò jiā wù bàn xiǎo shí， xià wǔ zài zuò bàn tiān。
My sister does housework for half an hour in the morning and then another half a day in the afternoon.