半糖 (bàntáng) · half sugar (50% sweetness)

Meanings

1 half sugar (50% sweetness)

Characters

半

Examples

HSK 4

全糖太甜了，下次我点半糖。

Quántáng tài tián le, xiàcì wǒ diǎn bàntáng.

Full sugar was too sweet; next time I'll order half sugar.

HSK 6

我要一杯珍珠奶茶，半糖，少冰。

Wǒ yào yì bēi zhēnzhū nǎichá, bàntáng, shǎobīng.

I'd like a bubble tea, half sugar, light ice.

Tips

usage

Tea shops offer a ladder of sweetness: 全糖 'full sugar', 七分糖 '70%', 半糖 or 五分糖 '50%', 三分糖 '30%' and 无糖 'no sugar'.

In Pop Culture

半糖主义 Bàntáng zhǔyì

Half-Sugar Doctrine

2003 song by the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E: love should be like half-sugar tea, sweet without being cloying, leaving each partner room to breathe.

Stroke Order

半 bàn

糖 táng

Related Words

五分糖 wǔfēntáng

50% sugar / half sugar (bubble tea / drink sweetness level)

半场 bànchǎng

half of a game or contest / half-court / half-time

糖粉 tángfěn

powdered sugar; icing sugar; confectioner's sugar

戒糖 jiètáng

to quit sugar; to go sugar-free / to cut out sugar

控糖 kòngtáng

to control sugar intake / to manage blood sugar / to limit sugar (as a diet practice)

七分糖 qīfēntáng

70% sugar (standard sweetness option at tea shops) / seven-tenths sugar level

半真半假 bànzhēn-bànjiǎ

half true and half false / partly serious, partly joking

半日工作 bànrì gōngzuò

part-time work (a half-day per day) / half-day job

半身 bànshēn #9,979

half of the body / half-length (photo/portrait)

半信半疑 bànxìn-bànyí HSK 7-9 #42,643

half believing, half doubting / skeptical / not quite convinced