How to Say ‘Half an hour later’ in Traditional Chinese
晚半小時
wǎn bàn xiǎo shí
[wǎn bàn xiǎoshí]
💬 Usage Tip: 晚 goes before the amount of time to mean "later by". The same pattern works with 早 for "earlier by", as in 早十分鐘 "ten minutes earlier".
Phrase Breakdown
晚
wǎn
[wǎn]
evening; late
Associated with the later part of the day.
我想預訂晚餐。
I want to reserve dinner.
半
bàn
[bàn]
half
One of two equal parts that together constitute a whole.
他喝了一半杯子裡的水。
He drank half of the water in the cup.
小時
xiǎo shí
[xiǎoshí]
hour
A unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
我等了一個小時。
I waited for an hour.
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