半
bàn HSK1

half

半 bàn
and a half numeral
placed after a number and measure word to indicate an additional half unit

已经过去一个半小时了。

yǐ​jīng guò​qù yī gè bàn xiǎo​shí le.

One and a half hours have already passed.

half numeral
one of two equal parts of a whole

请给我半个西瓜。

qǐng gěi wǒ bàn gè xī​guā.

Please give me half a watermelon.

semi- measure word
partial, to some degree, or halfway

这种材料是半透明的。

zhè zhǒng cái​liào shì bàn tòu​míng de.

This material is translucent.

Frequency
Character
Written text
513th most common 414.4 per million
Movie subtitles
610th most common 232.9 per million appears in 70% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
160.6 per million appears in 47% of films
Written text
151.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+534A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)