semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
semimembranosus (anatomy)
(anatomy) semicircular canal
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
(bird species of China) Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
1. half-open door2. fig. prostitute
1. local anesthetic2. anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
positive semiaxis (in coordinate geometry)
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
1. morning2. first half of the day
erhua variant of 前半天[qián bàn tiān]
erhua variant of 前半晌[qián bàn shǎng]
Centaurus (constellation)
Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安
teenage boy; adolescent boy
half-track (vehicle with wheels at the front and continuous tracks in the rear)
part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
1. weekend spouse2. relationship involving a sugar-daddy
to not fully understand (idiom)
1. Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半岛[yìn dù zhī nà bàn dǎo])2. (now written 中南半岛[zhōng nán bàn dǎo])
Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County 屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], the southernmost point of Taiwan
East and West hemispheres
to drink until one is half drunk
erhua variant of 头半天[tóu bàn tiān]
1. Crimea2. the Crimean peninsula
勘察加半岛 勘察加半島 kān chá jiā bàn dǎo Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
semiconservative replication
半岛电视台 半島電視台 bàn dǎo diàn shì tái Al Jazeera (Arabic news network)
半日制学校 半日制學校 bàn rì zhì xué xiào half-day (or double-shift) school
南极洲半岛 南極洲半島 nán jí zhōu bàn dǎo the Antarctic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America)
伊比利亚半岛 伊比利亞半島 yī bǐ lì yà bàn dǎo Iberian Peninsula
半瓶水响叮当 半瓶水響叮噹 bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng 1. lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)2. fig. empty vessels make the most noise3. one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
印度支那半岛 印度支那半島 yìn dù zhī nà bàn dǎo 1. Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)2. now written 中南半岛[zhōng nán bàn dǎo]
半封建半殖民地 bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
妇女能顶半边天 婦女能頂半邊天 fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān 1. Woman can hold up half the sky2. fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society