半邊天

See also: 半边天

Chinese

		half; one side	day; sky; heaven
trad. (半邊天)		半邊	天
simp. (半边天)		半边	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bànbiāntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun³ bin¹ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): poàn-pian-thian / pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bànbiāntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bannbiantian
  - IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - Yale: bun bīn tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun³ bin¹ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³³ piːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poàn-pian-thian
  - Tâi-lô: puàn-pian-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poarnpientiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ piɛn³³ tʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puan²¹⁻⁵³ piɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pòaⁿ-piⁿ-thiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: puànn-pinn-thinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvoarpvi'tvy
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /puã²¹⁻⁵³ pĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pĩ³³ tʰĩ³³/

Noun

半邊天

(literally) half the sky
婦女能頂半邊天 / 妇女能顶半边天 ― fùnǚ néng dǐng bànbiāntiān ― women hold up half the sky
(figuratively) vast area
(figuratively) women (of the new society); womenfolk

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 半爿天

Derived terms

紅透半邊天／红透半边天 (hóng tòu bànbiāntiān)

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