Word Detail

半天

bàn tiān

half of the day, a long time, quite a while, midair

HSK 1 (v3.0)

Examples

我想了半天也没想出来。

Wǒ xiǎngle bàntiān yě méi xiǎng chūlái.

I thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

雨下了半天。

Yǔ xiàle bàntiān.

It rained for quite a while.

这半天你在做什么？

Zhè bàntiān nǐ zài zuò shénme?

What have you been doing all this time?