我等了半天他才来。
Wǒ děng le bàntiān tā cái lái.
English
I waited ages before he came.
half a day; quite a while
Counted with个gè
half of the day; a long time; quite a while
Every character draws itself stroke by stroke, then hands you the brush to trace it yourself.
Nice writing!
我等了半天他才来。
Wǒ děng le bàntiān tā cái lái.
I waited ages before he came.
找了半天,手机在床上。
Zhǎo le bàntiān, shǒujī zài chuáng shàng.
I looked for ages, and the phone was on the bed.
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.