一
刹
那

A moment in Chinese: 一刹那 (yī chà nà)

yī chà nà

a moment

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 一剎那1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1a moment
  2. 2an instant
  3. 3in a flash

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刹
那

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄔㄚˋ

chà

ㄔ/ chㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄚˋ

nà

ㄋ/ nㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

一刹那

Simplified

一剎那

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 就在那一刹那，我明白了一切。

    jiù zài nà yí chà nà， wǒ míng bái le yí qiè。

    In that instant, I understood everything.

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Related words

那

nà

(specifier) that

一

yī

one

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

一切

yī qiè

everything

统一

tǒng yī

to unify

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