半天 bàntiān HSK1 long time Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: half day All meanings 37 bàntiān 37 long time 34half day 2midair 1 2 sentences for 半天 (bàntiān — half day) 我今天下午请了半天假。 wǒ jīntiān xiàwǔ qǐng le bàntiān jià. I took half a day off this afternoon. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary停电半天后,终于来电了。 tíngdiàn bàntiān hòu, zhōngyú láidiàn le. After a half-day power outage, the electricity is finally back on. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary