半 = half. 五点半 = half past five.

"half" of hour

"Half" of the hour

It's the ":30" part of "5:30". It means "half" - in telling time think of it as "half past".

半 = half,partly or in middle of something.

"[Plus a] half [an hour]"

ban means one half, so essentially "half past 5"

It is the equivalent of "half past"

It is the equivalent of half past

Half. "Five hour half" 5:30

Ban4 means "half". So literally, the time is "5 o clock half", or 5:30

Don't quote me on this, but I think it means "half" as in half an hour. So 5:30. :)

30

With time it means half of an hour.

A: What time is your class tomorrow? B: It is 5:30.

了 here would mean 'already' so 现在五点半了 would mean 'It is already 5 30' , which changes the meaning of the sentence

Not necessarily! 了 makes it sound awkward colloquially

Nope.