半数 meaning in English

bànshù

half the number; half

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 半數18 strokes

Meaning of 半数

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bànshù
  1. half the number; half

半数 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu过guò半bàn数shù的de居jū民mín反fǎn对duì这zhè个ge计jì划huà。
More than half the residents are opposed to the plan.
我wǒ的de书shū有yǒu过guò半bàn数shù被bèi昨zuó晚wǎn的de那nà场chǎng火huǒ灾zāi烧shāo毁huǐ了le。
More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

半 bàn · half · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

数 shǔ · to count · 13 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 半数.

一半yībànhalf
半年bàn niánhalf a year
半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time
数字shùzìnumeral; digit
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
半夜bànyèmidnight; in the middle of the night
人数rénshùnumber of people
多数duōshùmajority; most
少数shǎoshùsmall number; few
分数fēnshù(exam) grade; mark
数量shùliàngamount; quantity; quantitative
数据shùjùdata

Questions about 半数

What does 半数 mean?

半数 (bànshù) means "half the number; half" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 半数?

半数 is made of 2 characters: 半 (5 strokes), 数 (13 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 半数 an HSK word?

Yes. 半数 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 半数 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 半数 is written 半數.