| 半视野 | bàn shì yě | half visual field |
| 半跏坐 | bàn jiā zuò | sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva) |
| 半路出家 | bàn lù chū jiā | switch to a job one was not trained for |
| 半身不遂 | bàn shēn bù suì | paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia |
| 半身像 | bàn shēn xiàng | half-length photo or portrait; bust |
| 半轴 | bàn zhóu | semi-axis; half axle |
| 半载 | bàn zǎi | half a year |
| 半载 | bàn zài | half load |
| 半通不通 | bàn tōng bù tōng | to not fully understand (idiom) |
| 半长轴 | bàn cháng zhóu | semi-axis; radius |
| 半开化 | bàn kāi huà | semi-civilized |
| 半开半关 | bàn kāi bàn guān | half-open, half closed |
| 半开门 | bàn kāi mén | half-open door; fig. prostitute |
| 半开门儿 | bàn kāi ménr | erhua variant of 半开门, half-open door; fig. prostitute |
| 半间不界 | bàn gān bù gà | shallow; not thorough; superficial |
| 半音程 | bàn yīn chéng | semitone |
| 半响 | bàn xiǎng | half the day; a long time; quite a while |
| 南极洲半岛 | Nán jí zhōu bàn dǎo | the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America) |
| 印度支那半岛 | Yìn dù zhī nà bàn dǎo | Indo-China peninsula (old term, esp. colonial period); now written 中南半岛 |
| 印支半岛 | Yìn zhī bàn dǎo | Indo-China peninsula (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半岛); now written 中南半岛 |
| 原子半径 | yuán zǐ bàn jìng | atomic radius |
| 参半 | cān bàn | half; half and half; both... and...; just as much... as...; equally |
及时处理，
事半功倍 | jí shí chǔ lǐ ,
shì bàn gōng bèi | timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort; the right approach saves effort and leads to better results; a stitch in time saves nine |
| 另一半 | lìng yī bàn | other half; fig. spouse; one's better half |
| 堪察加半岛 | kān chá jiā bàn dǎo | Kamchatka peninsula |
| 太半 | tài bàn | more than half; a majority; most; mostly |
| 好半天 | hǎo bàn tiān | most of the day |
| 妇女能顶半边天 | fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān | Woman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society |
少女露笑脸，
婚事半成全 | shào nǚ lù xiào liǎn ,
hūn shì bàn chéng quán | when the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done (idiom) |
| 尤卡坦半岛 | Yóu kǎ tǎn bàn dǎo | Yucatan peninsula (Mexico) |
| 巴尔干半岛 | Bā ěr gān Bàn dǎo | Balkan Peninsula |
平生不做亏心事，
半夜敲门心不惊 | píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì ,
bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng | He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear conscience. |
| 后半 | hòu bàn | latter half |
| 后半场 | hòu bàn chǎng | second half (of sporting competition) |
| 后半叶 | hòu bàn yè | latter half (of a decade, century etc) |
| 徐娘半老 | xú niáng bàn lǎo | middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age |
| 恒春半岛 | Héng chūn bàn dǎo | Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung county 屏东县, the southernmost point of Taiwan Island |
| 月半 | yuè bàn | 15th of the month |
| 朝鲜半岛 | Cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo | Korean peninsula |
| 东半球 | dōng bàn qiú | the Eastern Hemisphere; the Old World |
| 东西半球 | dōng xī bàn qiú | East and West hemispheres |
| 正半轴 | zhèng bàn zhóu | positive semi-axis (in coordinate geometry) |
| 泰半 | tài bàn | more than half; a majority; most; mostly |
| 深更半夜 | shēn gēng bàn yè | in the dead of night (idiom) |
| 减半 | jiǎn bàn | to reduce by half |
| 特许半导体 | tè xǔ bàn dǎo tǐ | Chartered Semiconductor |
| 矮半截 | ǎi bàn jié | to be inferior to; to be of a lower grade than |
| 西半球 | xī bàn qiú | Western Hemisphere |
| 西奈半岛 | Xī nài bàn dǎo | Sinai Peninsula |
| 诺曼底半岛 | Nuò màn dǐ bàn dǎo | Normandy peninsula |
