# 半天
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bàntiān
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^3$ tin$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ban$^3$ tie$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-thiⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$poe-thi
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bonn$^4$ tienn$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàntiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàntian
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-tʻien$^1$
*** Yale: bàn-tyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntian
*** Palladius: баньтянь (banʹtjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàntiānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàntianr
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-tʻien$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bàn-tyānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banntial
*** Palladius: баньтяньр (banʹtjanʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹ tʰi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бантян (banti͡an, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pæ̃⁴⁴ tʰiæ̃²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^3$ tin$^1$
*** Yale: bun tīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^3$ tin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^3$ tin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^3$ tie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵ tʰie¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-thiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: puànn-thinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvoartvy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰĩ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$poe-thi
*** MiniDict: poe$^去$ thi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$poe-thi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø³³ tʰi⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: bonn$^4$ tienn$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /põ⁴⁵ tʰi̯ẽ³³/

### Noun

半天
* half a day
    From: 2005: Chinese Wikipedia, 西湖龍井 (Xihu Longjing tea)
    yībān xūyào bàntiān zuǒyòu shíjiān [Pinyin]
    in general, one needs about half a day’s time
* (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
       Tā niǔniē le hǎo bàntiān cái shuō chūlái huà. [Pinyin]
       She acted shy for a quite while before she spoke.
    From: 1754: 曹雪芹 (Cao Xueqin), 《紅樓夢》 / 《红楼梦》 (Dream of the Red Chamber), chapter 32
    Bǎoyù chǒu le bàntiān, fāng shuōdào “nǐ fàngxīn” sān ge zì. [Pinyin]
    Baoyu stared at her for a while, then said three words: "don't you worry."
    From: 2006: Encyclopedist, 幫助討論:創建新條目 (Help talk:Creating new pages)
    Gǎo le bàntiān dōu wèinéng jiějué, yǒu méiyǒu wéijīrén néng bāngbāngmáng? [Pinyin]
    I've been working on this for quite a while, but still am unable to solve the problem. Are there any Wikipedians who can help me out?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 半天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 半天, 半晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 半天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 半晌 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 半天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 半天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 半天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 半天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 半天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 半天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 半天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 半天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 半天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 半天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 半天 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 半晝 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 半日 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 半日 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 半日 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 半工 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 半日 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 半工, 半日 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 半日 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 半天, 半晌 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 半工 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 半日 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 半工, 半日, 半晡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 半工, 半日 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 半日 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 半晡仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 半工 GT, 半日 GT, 半晡 GT |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 半日 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 半日 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 半日 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 半日, 半天, 半白天 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 半天, 半日 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 半日, 半日天 |
| Wu | Danyang | 半天 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 半日 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 半日 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 半日 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 半日 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 半天 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 半日 |
* (a long time): 半日 (bànrì); (Mainland China) 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Northern Min) 半工

#### Related terms

* 全日 (quánrì)
* 全天 (quántiān)