| 半 |
bàn tiáo mìng | half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death |
| 半 |
bàn | half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 条 |
tiáo | strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 命 |
mìng | life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |