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반 means half. After a clock hour, it means thirty minutes past: 세 시 반.
The same word can extend a duration: 한 시간 반 is one and a half hours.
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지금 세 시 반이에요.
jigeum se si banieyo.
It is half past three now.
수업은 한 시간 반이에요.
sueobeun han sigan banieyo.
The class is an hour and a half.
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