參半

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
trad. (參半)		參	半
simp. (参半)		参	半

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cānbàn

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢㄅㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ bun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cānbàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢㄅㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: canbàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-pan⁴
  - Yale: tsān-bàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanbann
  - Palladius: цаньбань (canʹbanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caam¹ bun³
  - Yale: chāam bun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ bun³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ bun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ puːn³³/

Verb

參半

to be fifty-fifty

Derived terms

喜憂參半／喜忧参半 (xǐyōucānbàn)

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