Beginner Level 初级 (chūjí)
The right answer for this online Chinese test is A.
Translation:
Nǐ zài zhèr ya, zhǎo nǐ bàn tiān le.
Wang Hong: 你 在 这儿呀，找 你 半 天 了。
Ah, here you are. I looked for you for quite a while.
Bú huì ba, nǐ zhǎole wǒ “bàn tiān?”
Emily: 不 会 吧，你 找了 我“半天”？
Are you kidding me? Have you really looked for me for “half a day?”
“半天 (Bàn tiān)” in the above conversation means quite a while, or a long time. The facts are often exaggerated when this word is applied. It doesn’t really mean that it takes a person half a day to finish something. For example, Lily and Mike made an appointment to meet each other at the cinema entrance at 4:00 p.m. Mike got there at 3:50 p.m., but Lily didn’t arrive until 4:30 p.m. Mike was a little bit angry. He said,
Nǐ qù nǎr le? Wǒ děngle nǐ bàn tiān le!
你 去哪儿了？我 等了 你 半 天 了！
Where have you been? I have been waiting for you for quite a while!
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confused lately..ban=half and tian=day thats why I thought its half day.. but everything is clear to me now.. thank you…