對半

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (對半)		對	半
simp. (对半)		对	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duìbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ bun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tui-pan

(Hailu, HRS): dui^ˇ ban^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dui⁴ bua⁴ / dui⁴ buann⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-pòaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duìbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duèibàn
  - Wade–Giles: tui⁴-pan⁴
  - Yale: dwèi-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueybann
  - Palladius: дуйбань (dujbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duìbànr
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄢˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duèibànr
  - Wade–Giles: tui⁴-pan⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dwèi-bànr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyball
  - Palladius: дуйбаньр (dujbanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi³ bun³
  - Yale: deui bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ puːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-pan
  - Hakka Romanization System: dui ban
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dui⁴ ban⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ pan⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: dui^ˇ ban^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /tui¹¹ pan¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁴ bua⁴ [Phonetic: dui¹ mua⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: du̍i-bua̍ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mua⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dui⁴ buann⁴ [Phonetic: dui¹ mua⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)mua⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-pòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-puànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'pvoax
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ puã⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ puã¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ puã²¹/

Noun

對半

half-and-half; fifty-fifty; in half
double

References

“對半”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“對半”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
“對半”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “对半”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 179.