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Chinese symbol for “halfway”

半路
bàn lù
halfway; midway; on the way

The closest CC-CEDICT match for halfway is 半路 (bàn lù), defined as: halfway; midway; on the way.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

半 bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
radical 24 ⼗ · 5 strokes
路 lù
road, path, street; journey
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “halfway”

WordPinyinMeaning
半途bàn túhalfway; midway
半腰bàn yāomiddle; halfway
半中腰bàn zhōng yāomiddle; halfway

Related words

Other words that share a character with 半路.

WordPinyinMeaning
一半yī bànhalf
半岛 (半島)bàn dǎopeninsula
半年bàn niánhalf a year
半个 (半個)bàn gehalf of sth
半数 (半數)bàn shùhalf the number; half
上半年shàng bàn niánfirst half of the year
铁路 (鐵路)tiě lùrailroad; railway
道路dào lùroad; path

See also: Japanese symbol for “halfway”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.