大半天

Chinese
 
more than half; the greater part; very likely
more than half; the greater part; very likely; most probably
 day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad.
(大半天)		 大半 天

Pronunciation

Noun

大半天

  1. most of the day; most of the daytime in a day
    我忙了大半天了，活兒就不停地來；可逮著了個空兒歇會兒！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    我忙了大半天了，活儿就不停地来；可逮着了个空儿歇会儿！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Wǒ máng le dàbàntiān le, huór jiù bùtíng de lái; kě děi zháo le ge kòngr xiē huǐr! [Pinyin]
    I was busy all day, and the work just keeps coming; I finally could get hold of some time to rest a little!
  2. (figurative) a long time; quite a while

Synonyms
  • (most of the day):
Dialectal synonyms of 大半天 (“most of the day”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大半天
Mandarin Taiwan 大半天
Harbin 大半天
Jinan 大半天
Xi'an 大半天
Yinchuan 大半天
Lanzhou 大半天
Xining 多半天
Ürümqi 多半天, 大半天
Chengdu 大半天
Guiyang 老半天
Liuzhou 大半天
Xuzhou 大半天, 多半天
Yangzhou 大半天
Nanjing 大半天
Cantonese Hong Kong 大半日
Dongguan 大半日
Gan Nanchang 大半日
Lichuan 大半日
Pingxiang 大半工
Hakka Meixian 大半日
Yudu 大半工, 大半日
Huizhou Jixi 大半日
Jin Taiyuan 大半天, 多半天
Xinzhou 大半天
Northern Min Jian'ou 大半工
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大半日, 大半工
Southern Min Xiamen 規半日
Quanzhou 規半日
Zhangzhou 規半日
Haikou 大半日
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 大半日
Wu Shanghai 大半日, 大半天
Shanghai (Chongming) 大半日, 大半天
Ningbo 大半日
Jinhua 大半日
Xiang Changsha 大半天
Loudi 大半日
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