kavanin Posted December 21, 2011 at 08:54 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 at 08:54 PM I feel it means two and a half hours. How would you say two half hours (which is effectively 1 hour)? How would you translate the title of the TV show "Two and a Half Men?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLA Posted December 21, 2011 at 09:29 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 at 09:29 PM I'd go for 两个人半，not sure though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted December 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM How would you say two half hours (which is effectively 1 hour)? I'd guess something like 两个半个小时 How would you translate the title of the TV show "Two and a Half Men?" Google tells me 好汉两个半 seems to be a commonly used translation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members 袁未来 Posted December 22, 2011 at 06:04 PM New Members Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 at 06:04 PM 两个半小时=一小时 三个半小时=一小时三十分钟 四个半小时=两个小时 五个半小时=两小时三十分钟 ...you can work out the rest by anology... as for Two and a Half Men, in chinese, we dont usually say 半个人(half a man),if it were to be translated, the best translation that i'd feel comfortable about would be 好汉两个半. i am a native speaker of mandarin,hope i can be of help to u. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yialanliu Posted February 10, 2012 at 02:44 AM Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 at 02:44 AM I typically don't bump old threads but I feel like I need to for this: 两个半小时=一小时三个半小时=一小时三十分钟 四个半小时=两个小时 五个半小时=两小时三十分钟 ...you can work out the rest by anology... as for Two and a Half Men, in chinese, we dont usually say 半个人(half a man),if it were to be translated, the best translation that i'd feel comfortable about would be 好汉两个半. i am a native speaker of mandarin,hope i can be of help to u. I don't think any of the analogies are correct up there. 两个半个小时=一小时 三个半个小时=一小时三十分钟 四个半个小时=两个小时 五个半个小时=两小时三十分钟 they are all missing the second 个 which was mentioned earlier. An alternative would be: 两个半个钟头=一小时 三个半个钟头=一小时三十分钟 四个半个钟头=两个小时 五个半个钟头=两小时三十分钟 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinewind Posted February 14, 2012 at 01:19 AM Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 at 01:19 AM If you really wanna say "two half hours" in Chinese, you can say: 1.两个“半小时”（first choice only written） 2. 两个 半个小时（have a pause between them and only oral） 3. add context. for example to tell the listener that it is an hour you are talking about and he/she will not mistake it for two and a half hours. below i give an example: 我花了两个（pause ）半小时，加起来一个小时。 --------------------------------------------------------------------- You can make reference to other comments but what 袁未来 says up there is clearly wrong. it is beyond me why a native speaker would contribute something that misleading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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