| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 半 | bàn | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half; half | |
| 半白 | bàn bái | fifty (years of age) | |
| 半半拉拉 | bàn bàn lā lā | incomplete; unfinished | |
| 半保留複製 | 半保留复制 | bàn bǎo liú fù zhì | semiconservative replication |
| 半輩子 | 半辈子 | bàn bèi zi | half of a lifetime |
| 半壁江山 | bàn bì jiāng shān | half of country | |
| 半邊 | 半边 | bàn biān | half of sth; one side of sth |
| 半邊蓮科 | 半边莲科 | Bàn biān lián kē | Lobeliaceae |
| 半邊天 | 半边天 | bàn biān tiān | half the sky; women of the new society; women folk |
| 半場 | 半场 | bàn chǎng | half of a game or contest; half-court |
| 半成品 | bàn chéng pǐn | semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished articles; semi-finished products | |
| 半島 | 半岛 | bàn dǎo | peninsula; Al Jazeera (Arabic-language news network) |
| 半島電視台 | 半岛电视台 | bàn dǎo diàn shì tái | Al-Jazeera Television |
| 半島國際學校 | 半岛国际学校 | Bàn dǎo Guó jì Xué xiào | International School of the Penninsula |
| 半導體 | 半导体 | bàn dǎo tǐ | semiconductor |
| 半導體器件制造 | 半导体器件制造 | bàn dǎo tǐ qì jiàn zhì zào | semiconductor device fabrication |
| 半導體探測器 | 半导体探测器 | bàn dǎo tǐ tàn cè qì | semiconductor detector |
| 半點 | 半点 | bàn diǎn | the least bit |
| 半吊子 | bàn diào zi | dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person | |
| 半封建 | bàn fēng jiàn | semi-feudal | |
| 半復賽 | 半复赛 | bàn fù sài | eighth finals |
| 半工半讀 | 半工半读 | bàn gōng bàn dú | part work; part study; work-study program |
| 半公開 | 半公开 | bàn gōng kāi | semi-overt; more or less open |
| 半官方 | bàn guān fāng | semi-official | |
| 半胱氨酸 | bàn guāng ān suān | mercaptoethyl amine | |
| 半規管 | 半规管 | bàn guī guǎn | semicircular canal |
| 半規則 | 半规则 | bàn guī zé | quasi-regular |
| 半環 | 半环 | bàn huán | semiring |
| 半價 | 半价 | bàn jià | half price |
| 半截 | bàn jié | half (of a section) | |
| 半斤八兩 | 半斤八两 | bàn jīn bā liǎng | not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee |
| 半徑 | 半径 | bàn jìng | radius |
| 半決賽 | 半决赛 | bàn jué sài | semifinals |
| 半空中 | bàn kōng zhōng | in mid air; in the air | |
| 半拉 | bàn lā | half | |
| 半勞動力 | 半劳动力 | bàn láo dòng lì | one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker |
| 半流體 | 半流体 | bàn liú tǐ | semi-fluid |
| 半路 | bàn lù | halfway; midway; on the way | |
| 半路出家 | bàn lù chū jiā | switch to a job one was not trained for | |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year | |
| 半排出期 | bàn pái chū qī | half-life | |
| 半票 | bàn piào | half-price ticket; half fare | |
| 半瓶醋 | bàn píng cù | dabbler; smatterer | |
| 半旗 | bàn qí | half-mast | |
| 半球 | bàn qiú | hemisphere | |
| 半日制學校 | 半日制学校 | bàn rì zhì xué xiào | half-day (or double-shift school) |
| 半乳糖血症 | bàn rǔ táng xuè zhèng | galactosemia | |
| 半山區 | 半山区 | bàn shān qū | mid-levels (in Hong Kong) |
| 半身像 | bàn shēn xiàng | half-length photo or portrait; bust | |
| 半生 | bàn shēng | half a lifetime | |
| 半失業 | 半失业 | bàn shī yè | semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed |
| 半視野 | 半视野 | bàn shì yě | half visual field |
| 半熟練 | 半熟练 | bàn shóu liàn | semi-skilled |
| 半數 | 半数 | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 半數以上 | 半数以上 | bàn shù yǐ shàng | more than half |
| 半衰期 | bàn shuāi qī | half-life | |
| 半天 | bàn tiān | half of the day; a long time; quite a while | |
| 半透明 | bàn tòu míng | translucent; semitransparent | |
| 半途 | bàn tú | halfway; midway | |
| 半途而廢 | 半途而废 | bàn tú ér fèi | give up halfway; leave sth; unfinished |
| 半脫產 | 半脱产 | bàn tuō chǎn | partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work |
| 半文盲 | bàn wén máng | semiliterate | |
| 半夏 | bàn xià | Pinellia ternata | |
| 半響 | 半响 | bàn xiǎng | half the day; a long time; quite a while |
| 半信半疑 | bàn xìn bàn yí | half-believe, half-doubt | |
| 半夜 | bàn yè | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 半夜三更 | bàn yè sān gēng | in the depth of night; late at night | |
| 半以上 | bàn yǐ shàng | more than half | |
| 半圓 | 半圆 | bàn yuán | semicircle |
| 半元音 | bàn yuán yīn | semivowel | |
| 半月 | bàn yuè | half-moon | |
| 半月刊 | bàn yuè kān | semimonthly; fortnightly | |
| 半載 | 半载 | bàn zài | half load |
| 半真半假 | bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ | (adj) half true and half false | |
| 半職 | 半职 | bàn zhí | part-time work |
| 半殖民地 | bàn zhí mín dì | semi-colonial | |
| 半中腰 | bàn zhōng yāo | middle; halfway | |
| 半自動 | 半自动 | bàn zì dòng | semi-automatic |
| 半自耕農 | 半自耕农 | bàn zì gēng nóng | semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant |
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