粵

半bun3空hung1

bun3 hung1bàn kōng

English

  1. midair
  2. half empty
  3. midair; in the sky

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有一半係空嘅
  2. 喺天空入面

Examples

  • 其實佢真係啱啱喺半空用牙捉住咗隻雀。

    As a matter of fact, he did just catch that bird in midair with his teeth.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 個皇冠喺半空畀隻貓頭鷹擔走咗-原來女巫變咗身做貓頭鷹嚟搶個皇冠。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 頭先佢倒瀉水,所以依家呢個樽係半空嘅。

    He has spilled some water so now the bottle is half empty.

  • 北韓啲火箭整得好差,未上到大氣層,喺半空就已經突然爆炸。

    The rockets from North Korea are clearly in low quality. It explodes in the sky even before it reaches the atmosphere.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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