半 (half / and a half)
A duration adds half an hour
- You studied for ninety minutes.
- 我学习了一个半小时。 — 一个半小时 measures one and a half hours.
A duration adds half an hour
- You studied for ninety minutes.
- I / me我to learn学习(completed / change)了one and a half一个半hour小时。 — one and a half一个半hour小时 measures one and a half hours.
You studied for ninety minutes. What does 我学习了一个半小时。 communicate?
一个半小时 measures one and a half hours. 半个小时 is half an hour. Compare 两点半, a clock time, with 两个半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: 一个半小时, not 一半个小时.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 半 (half / and a half). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
half半(measure word)个apple苹果。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is half半 (half / and a half). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
half半(measure word)个apple苹果。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Half an apple: ____ 个苹果。
半 + Measure = half a: 半个苹果.
Read examples in context
one一(measure word)个and a half半hour小时。
- In the opening example, 我学习了一个半小时。: 一个半小时 measures one and a half hours.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
one一(measure word)个and a half半hour小时。
- In the opening example, I / me我to learn学习(completed / change)了one and a half一个半hour小时。: one and a half一个半hour小时 measures one and a half hours.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does 一个半小时 mean?
Number + Measure + 半 = … and a half: 一个半小时 = 1.5 hours.
Build: “half an apple”.
半 + Measure + Noun: 半 + 个 + 苹果.
Know the boundary
- 半个小时 is half an hour.
- Compare 两点半, a clock time, with 两个半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: 一个半小时, not 一半个小时.
Know the boundary
- half of sth半个hour小时 is half an hour.
- Compare 两点half半, a clock time, with 两个half hour半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: one and a half一个半hour小时, not half一半(measure word)个hour小时.
半 before the measure means “half a”; after means “and a half”.
Yes: 半个 (half a) vs 一个半 (one and a half).
一个半小时 means half an hour.
半个小时 is half an hour. Compare 两点半, a clock time, with 两个半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: 一个半小时, not 一半个小时. 一个半小时 measures one and a half hours.
Use the distinction
- 一个半小时 measures one and a half hours.
- 半个小时 is half an hour. Compare 两点半, a clock time, with 两个半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: 一个半小时, not 一半个小时.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Numbers and measure words.
Use the distinction
- one and a half一个半hour小时 measures one and a half hours.
- half of sth半个hour小时 is half an hour. Compare 两点half半, a clock time, with 两个half hour半小时, a duration. Keep the measure word position: one and a half一个半hour小时, not half一半(measure word)个hour小时.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Numbers and measure words.