半天

Character by character

• 半bàn5 strokesHSK 1half
• 天tiān4 strokesHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 半天. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 天tiānHSK 1

  day; sky; heaven

• 今天jīn tiānHSK 1

  today; at the present; now

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1

  yesterday

• 半bànHSK 1

  half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half

• 一半yī bànHSK 1

  half

• 天气tiān qìHSK 1

  weather

• 聊天liáo tiān

  to chat; to gossip

• 半场bàn chǎngHSK 7

  half of a game or contest; half-court

• 夏天xià tiānHSK 2

  summer

• 天堂tiān tángHSK 6

  paradise; heaven

• 冬天dōng tiānHSK 2

  winter

• 天空tiān kōngHSK 3

  sky

• 天使tiān shǐHSK 7

  angel

• 整天zhěng tiānHSK 3

  all day long; whole day

• 当天dāng tiānHSK 6

  on that day

• 白天bái tiānHSK 1

  daytime; during the day; day

• 天下tiān xiàHSK 6

  land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule

• 半夜bàn yèHSK 2

  midnight; in the middle of the night

• 春天chūn tiānHSK 2

  spring (season)

• 天才tiān cáiHSK 5

  talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted

• 天生tiān shēngHSK 7

  nature; disposition; innate; natural

• 天上tiān shàngHSK 2

  celestial; heavenly

• 天真tiān zhēnHSK 4

  naive; innocent; artless