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半数
半数 (bàn shù): Half of a number / half the amount (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
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半 • bàn • half • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
bàn
半
half
数 • shù • number; figure; mathematics • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
shù
数
number; figure; mathematics
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Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 半数.
Words with
半
一半
yī bàn
half
半天
bàn tiān
half of the day
半夜
bàn yè
midnight
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
give up halfway; leave something unfinished
半岛
bàn dǎo
Peninsula
半径
bàn jīng
Radius
多半
duō bàn
Most
过半
guò bàn
Over half
Words with
数
数学
shù xué
maths
人数
rén shù
number of people
分数
fēn shù
(exam) grade
多数
duō shù
majority; most
少数
shǎo shù
small number
数字
shù zì
digital
数量
shù liàng
amount
总数
zǒng shù
total
4.
How to Use 半数 in Sentences
Subject + Verb
with
同意
bàn
半
shù
数
tóng
同
yì
意
neutral
half agree
Noun + Complement
with
以上
bàn
半
shù
数
yǐ
以
shàng
上
Verb + Object
with
超过
chāo
超
guò
过
bàn
半
shù
数
Adverb + Verb + Object
with
仅占
jǐn
仅
zhàn
占
bàn
半
shù
数
5.
Example Sentences with 半数
zhè
这
ge
个
bān
班
yǒu
有
èr
二
shí
十
gè
个
neutral
more than half
neutral
more than half
formal
Written
only account for half
xué
学
shēng
生
,
bàn
半
shù
数
xué
学
shēng
生
shì
是
nǚ
女
hái
孩
。
There are twenty students in this class, and half of them are girls.
diào
调
chá
查
xiǎn
显
shì
示
,
bàn
半
shù
数
shòu
受
fǎng
访
zhě
者
zhī
支
chí
持
zhè
这
xiàng
项
xīn
新
zhèng
政
cè
策
。
The survey shows that half of the respondents support this new policy.
jǐn
尽
guǎn
管
wǒ
我
men
们
fù
付
chū
出
le
了
jù
巨
dà
大
nǔ
努
lì
力
,
dàn
但
zuì
最
zhōng
终
jǐn
仅
yǒu
有
bàn
半
shù
数
tí
提
àn
案
huò
获
dé
得
le
了
wěi
委
yuán
员
huì
会
de
的
pī
批
zhǔn
准
。
Despite our tremendous efforts, only half of the proposals were ultimately approved by the committee.
yóu
由
yú
于
yù
预
suàn
算
yán
严
zhòng
重
chāo
超
zhī
支
,
xiàng
项
mù
目
zǔ
组
bù
不
dé
得
bù
不
yí
遗
hàn
憾
dì
地
xuē
削
jiǎn
减
le
了
jìn
近
bàn
半
shù
数
de
的
yuán
原
dìng
定
gōng
功
néng
能
。
Due to a severe budget overrun, the project team had to regrettably cut nearly half of the originally planned features.
gōng
公
sī
司
jué
决
dìng
定
cái
裁
yuán
员
,
bàn
半
shù
数
yuán
员
gōng
工
jiāng
将
shòu
受
dào
到
yǐng
影
xiǎng
响
,
zhè
这
yǐn
引
fā
发
le
了
guǎng
广
fàn
泛
tǎo
讨
lùn
论
。
The company decided to lay off employees, with half of the staff being affected, which has sparked widespread discussion.