一半 (yībàn) means One half (a half). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
会议时间缩短了 一半 。
Huìyì shíjiān suōduǎn le yíbàn.
The meeting time was cut in half.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 缩短
两家公司各占 一半 股份。
Liǎng jiā gōngsī gè zhàn yíbàn gǔfèn.
The two companies each hold half the shares.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 股份
他说到 一半 停顿了一下。
Tā shuō dào yíbàn tíngdùn le yíxià.
He paused halfway through what he was saying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 停顿
他拿走了 一半 ，其余留给我。
Tā ná zǒu le yíbàn, qíyú liú gěi wǒ.
He took half and left the rest for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 其余
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From the graded readers
新工作的收入只有原来的 一半 。
xīn gōngzuò de / dì shōurù zhǐyǒu yuánlái de / dì yībàn.
The new job paid half what the old one had.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
Questions about 一半
How is 一半 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 一半 (yībàn, "One half (a half)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Where can I see the full entry for 一半?
The dictionary page for 一半 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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