半個人

Chinese

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	(a measure word); individual	man; person; people
trad. (半個人)		半	個	人
simp. (半个人)		半	个	人
Literally: “half of a person”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàn ge rén

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄜㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ go³ jan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàn ge rén
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄍㄜㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàn ge̊ rén
  - Wade–Giles: pan⁴ ko⁵ jên²
  - Yale: bàn ge rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann .ge ren
  - Palladius: бань гэ жэнь (banʹ gɛ žɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ g̊ə¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ go³ jan⁴
  - Yale: bun go yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ go³ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ go³ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ kɔː³³ jɐn²¹/

Noun

半個人

trace of people (in phrases indicating the absence of people)
沒有半個人來／没有半个人来 ― méiyǒu bàn ge rén lái ― no one came

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