# 半日
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bànrì
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bun$^3$ jat$^6$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bua$^4$ dih$^7$ / buaⁿ$^4$ lih$^7$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pòaⁿ-li̍t / pòaⁿ-ji̍t
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$poe-gniq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bànrì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄖˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bànrìh
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^4$-jih$^4$
*** Yale: bàn-r̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannryh
*** Palladius: баньжи (banʹži)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bun$^3$ jat$^6$
*** Yale: bun yaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bun$^3$ jat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bun$^3$ yed$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːn³³ jɐt̚²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bua$^4$ dih$^7$ [Phonetic: bua$^1$ lih$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bua̍ⁿ-di̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /pua⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$liʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: buaⁿ$^4$ lih$^7$ [Phonetic: buaⁿ$^1$ lih$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /pũã⁴²⁻⁵⁵ liʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-li̍t
*** Tâi-lô: puànn-li̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarlit
*** IPA (Taipei): /puã¹¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ lit̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-ji̍t
*** Tâi-lô: puànn-ji̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarjit
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /puã²¹⁻⁴¹ zit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zit̚¹²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$poe-gniq
*** MiniDict: poe$^去$ nyih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$poe-nyiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pø³³ n̠ʲiɪʔ⁴⁴/

### Noun

半日
* half a day
* (figurative, hyperbolic) a long time; quite a while; a while; forever
       gaau$^2$ zo$^2$ bun$^3$ jat$^6$ dou$^1$ mei$^6$ gaau$^2$ dim$^6$ aa$^4$? [Jyutping]
       You've been doing this the whole day, and you're still not done?

#### 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): 半天 (bàntiān); (Mainland China) 半晌 (bànshǎng); (Northern Min) 半工

#### Derived terms

* 偷得浮生半日閒 / 偷得浮生半日闲 (tōu dé fúshēng bànrì xián)
* 半日制 (bànrìzhì)
* 頂半日 / 顶半日

#### Related terms

* 全日 (quánrì)
* 全天 (quántiān)

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “半日”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 62.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 半 | 日 |
| はん Grade: 2 | にち Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | goon |
Kanji in this term :
| 半 | 日 |
| はん Grade: 2 | じつ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | kan'on |

### Noun

半(はん)日(にち) or 半(はん)日(じつ) • (hannichi or hanjitsu)
* half a day