半生

		half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (半生)		半	生

半生

1. half a lifetime

• 大半生 (dàbànshēng)

半生

1. half-cooked

Kanji in this term
半	生
はん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi	kan'on

• (Tokyo) はんせー [háꜜǹsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) はんせー [hàńséé] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

半(はん)生(せい) • (hansei) ^{←はんせい (fansei)?}

1. half a lifetime
   • 1925, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Daidōji Shinsuke no Hansei, aru seishin-teki fūkeiga‎^[1]:

     彼(かれ)は彼(かれ)の半(はん)生(せい)の間(あいだ)に何(なん)人(にん)かの女(おんな)に恋(れん)愛(あい)を感(かん)じた。

     Kare wa kare no hansei no aida ni nannin ka no onna ni ren'ai o kanjita.

     He felt romance with several women in half his life time.

2. same as はんしょう below.

Kanji in this term
半	生
はん Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon

• (Tokyo) はんしょー [hàńshóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

半(はん)生(しょう) • (hanshō) ^{←はんしやう (fansyau)?}

1. being on the verge of death

• 半(はん)死(し)半(はん)生(しょう) (hanshi hanshō)

Kanji in this term
半	生
はん Grade: 2	なま Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

• (Tokyo) はんなま [hàńnámá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [hã̠nːa̠ma̠]

半(はん)生(なま) • (hannama) ^{←はんなま (fannama)?}-na (adnominal 半(はん)生(なま)な (hannama na), adverbial 半(はん)生(なま)に (hannama ni))

1. half-cooked, underdone

   Synonym: 生煮え (namanie)

2. superficial, imperfect

   Synonym: 半可通 (hankatsū)

3. Short for 半生菓子 (hannama gashi).

• 半(はん)生(なま)菓(が)子(し) (hannama gashi)

Hanja in this term
半	生

半生 • (bansaeng) (hangeul 반생)

1. hanja form^? of 반생