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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
ban4 tian1	bun3 tin1	bun3 tin1	half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
半 Learn more	ban4	bun3	bun3	half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half
天 Learn more	tian1	tin1	tin1	day / sky / heaven

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Simplified	Pinyin	Used for
个	ge4	general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects

Tuesday is her half day.

For this his boss dressed him down for a good while.

I waited a long time , but not a soul turned up.

By the afternoon, however, he was dispirited.

After all his explanations , I remained none the wiser.

I've been knocking away for ages, but nobody has answered the door.

He spent ages fossicking through the documents.

Throughout the entire altercation, not one sensible word was uttered.

He chatted quite a while and ate some chestnuts.

She will listen to records , alone in her room, for hours.

Phonetics:	ni3	nǐ
Tone colors (āáǎàa):	off	on