半天
bun3 tin1bàn tiān
English
- half of the day
- a long time
- quite a while
- midair
量詞 — Classifiers
Examples
他们看了那部电影半天了。
They’ve been watching that film for ages.
他給我解釋了半天,但我還是不明白。
I'm none the wiser for his explanation.
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese