- 学校8点半开始上课。
School begins at eight-thirty.
- 他半夜打了个电话给我。
He gave me a ring at midnight.
- 她让我等了半小时。
She made me wait for half an hour.
- 八时半方便你吗?
Would 8:30 be convenient for you?
- 我对这样的东西半点兴趣也没有。
I am not in the least interested in such a thing.
- 婚前张开眼,婚后半闭眼。
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
- 意大利是一个半岛。
Italy is a peninsula.
- 日本位于北半球。
Japan is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 事故耽误了我们半小时。
An accident delayed us for half an hour.
- 搭帐篷花了我们半小时。
It took us half an hour to set up the tent.