Word Meaning 中途半端

ちゅうとはんぱ chuutohampa

中途半端 is read as ちゅうとはんぱ (chuutohampa) and means halfway.

Meaning

English

  1. halfway
  2. half measures
  3. unfinished
  4. incomplete
  5. by halves
  6. half-baked
  7. half-cocked
  8. half-hearted

Reading

Kana

ちゅうとはんぱ

Romaji

chuutohampa

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Yojijukugo Rank 13358 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半端

はんぱ

fraction

途端

とたん

just (now, at the moment, etc.)

中途

ちゅうと

halfway

中途採用

ちゅうとさいよう

mid-career recruitment

中途退学

ちゅうとたいがく

leaving school during a term

中途入社

ちゅうとにゅうしゃ

joining a company as a mid-career hire

途端に

とたんに

just as

非集中型N多端点コネクション

ひしゅうちゅうがたえんたたんてんこねくしょん

decentralized (N)-multi-endpoint-connection

半端仕事

はんぱしごと

odd job

途中棄権

とちゅうきけん

dropping out

半端物

はんぱもの

odd piece

半端ない

はんぱない

to a great extent

Example Sentences

10

ちゅうとはんぱなしごとはしたくない。

I don't want to do a half-assed job.

That is an incomplete sentence.

There's nothing worse than doing things by halves!!

Don't do anything by halves.

Don't leave your work half done.

Never do things by halves.

Don't do things halfheartedly.

This report is incomplete.

I don't like to leave things up in the air.

Don't leave things half done.