







a long while
quite a while
a long time
Nancy, who had been thoughtful for some time, suddenly spoke.
Having finished the news, I was shocked to be speechless for a whole while.

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Open the tool →半晌 (bàn shǎng) means “a long while, quite a while, a long time”.
半晌 is pronounced bàn shǎng in Mandarin Chinese.
“a long while” is 半晌 (bàn shǎng) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 半晌, each with pinyin and an English translation.