Ideographic: A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in halfRadical:

meaning for bàn:

  • - half
  • - semi-
  • - incomplete
  • - (after a number) and a halfhalffirst half (of a year)more than half
  • - greater part
  • - most
  • - probably
  • - most likelysecond half of the yearmost
  • - mostly
  • - most likely

diǎn
bàn
qǐchuáng起床

I get up at half past eight.


jiǔ
diǎn
bàn
wǒmen我们
kāihuì开会

We will have a meeting at 9:30.


zhǐ
chī
le
bàn
wǎn
fàn

I only ate half a bowl of rice.


zhǔ
nuǎnwēndài暖温带
bàn
shīrùn湿润
dàlùxìng大陆性
qìhòu气候

Is a warm sub-humid continental climate.