一下

Chinese

 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad.
(一下)
alt. forms 一吓 Cantonese

Pronunciation


Adverb

一下

  1. one time; once
    一下   Tā dǎ le wǒ yīxià.   He hit me once.
  2. a (short) while; a moment
    一下   děng yīxià   wait a moment
    休息一下   xiūxī yīxià   rest a while
    一下   bào yīxià   give a quick hug
    小等一下 [Min Nan]   sió-tán--chi̍t-ē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   wait a moment
  3. give something a go; give something a try
    一下   kàn yīxià   take a look
    一下 / 一下   wén yīxià   try smelling it
  4. (Cantonese) suddenly; all at once
    一下真係 [Cantonese, trad.]
    一下真系 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Nei5 jat1 haa5 gam2 man6, ngo5 zan1 hai6 m4 zi1 dim2 daap3 nei5 wo3. [Jyutping]
    Your question just came all at once. I really don't know how to answer you.
  5. (Sichuan) entirely; completely
  6. (Sichuan) in all; in total

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 突然忽然猛然驀地、乍然、倏忽、驟然、猝然
Mandarin Beijing 突然忽然
Taiwan 突然忽然
Cantonese Guangzhou 突然間忽然間一下無啦啦
Hong Kong 突然間忽然間一下無啦啦
Hong Kong (Weitou) 忽然間
Kuala Lumpur 突然
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 突然間忽然間、好恬恬
Liudui (S. Sixian) 突然間忽然間、好恬恬仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 突然間忽然間、好恬恬
Dongshi (Dabu) 突然間忽然間、好恬恬
Zhuolan (Raoping) 突然間忽然間、好恬恬
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 突然、好定泥
Hong Kong 陣時間
Senai 陣間
Min Nan Xiamen 突然忽然、暴其然、無張無持、無張持
Quanzhou 突然忽然、無張無持、無張持
Zhangzhou 突然忽然、暴其然、無張無持、無張持
Taipei 突然忽然雄雄無張持
Johor Bahru 突然

References

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