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Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
a little while, at one stroke, one time, all at once, once, all of a sudden
Chinese characters:
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一下 ( yixia / yīxià ) is composed of these characters:
一 (yi)
, 下 (xia)
The traditional Chinese characters of yīxià are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
one | wait a moment
一下 ( yixia / yīxià ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 223)
Chinese words containing the word 一下 ( yixia / yīxià ) :
yīxiàr ( 一下儿 : a little while ),yīxiàzi ( 一下子 : all of a sudden )
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.