一會兒

See also: 一会儿

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a moment; a while
trad. (一會兒)		一	會兒
simp. (一会儿)		一	会儿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yīhuìr, yīhuǐr

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄏㄨㄟˋㄦ, ㄧㄏㄨㄟˇㄦ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йихур (yihur, I-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ wui⁶ ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīhuìr [Phonetic: yíhuìr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄏㄨㄟˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yihuèir
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-hui⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-hwèir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ihuell
  - Palladius: ихуэйр (ixuejr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ xu̯əɻ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīhuǐr [Phonetic: yìhuǐr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄏㄨㄟˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yihuěir
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-hui³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-hwěir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ihoel
  - Palladius: ихуэйр (ixuejr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ xu̯əɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йихур (yihur, I-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴ xou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ wui⁶ ji⁴
  - Yale: yāt wuih yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ wui⁶ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ wui⁶ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²² jiː²¹/

Noun

一會兒

a little while; soon

Synonyms

一剎／一刹 (yīchà)
一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
一目𥍉仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
一瞬間／一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
剎那／刹那
少刻 (shǎokè)
少時／少时
少頃／少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
時刻／时刻 (shíkè)
有頃／有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
片刻 (piànkè)
瞬息 (shùnxī)
瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
霎時／霎时 (shàshí)
頃刻／顷刻 (qǐngkè)
須／须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

Adverb

一會兒

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 一會／一会 (yīhuì, “a little while; a moment”).
我想眯一會兒。／我想眯一会儿。 ― Wǒ xiǎng mī yīhuìr. ― I'd like to rest my eyes for a little while.

你不要吵醒他，你讓他多睡一會兒。 [MSC, trad.]
你不要吵醒他，你让他多睡一会儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ bùyào chǎoxǐng tā, nǐ ràng tā duō shuì yīhuìr. [Pinyin]
Don't wake him up — let him sleep a little longer.

聽完了我的話，老師躊躇了一會兒，才發表他的意見。 [MSC, trad.]
听完了我的话，老师踌躇了一会儿，才发表他的意见。 [MSC, simp.]
Tīng wán le wǒ de huà, lǎoshī chóuchú le yīhuìr, cái fābiǎo tā de yìjiàn. [Pinyin]
After hearing me out, my teacher hesitated for a moment before stating his opinion.

Synonyms

一會／一会
小會／小会

Dialectal synonyms of 一會 (“a little while; a moment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一會
Mandarin	Harbin	一會兒
	Jinan	一會兒, 一忽兒忽兒, 一和兒
	Wanrong	一下下
	Xi'an	一會兒, 一下
	Yinchuan	一會會子
	Xining	一會兒, 一陣
	Ürümqi	一會兒, 一會會兒, 一下子, 一陣陣兒
	Wuhan	一下, 一下子
	Guiyang	一下, 一下子, 一下下, 一歇, 一下兒, 一崗崗
	Nanjing	一刻兒, 一會兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一陣
	Hong Kong	一陣, 一陣間, 陣間, 因間
	Dongguan	一陣, 一陣間
Gan	Nanchang	一下, 一下子, 一陣家子
	Lichuan	一下兒
	Pingxiang	一刻仔, 一刻刻仔, 一下
Hakka	Meixian	兩下二
Hakka	Yudu	一下
Huizhou	Jixi	一下功夫, 一記功夫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	一下仔, 一刻仔, 一陣, 一陣仔
Southern Min	Xiamen	目𥍉仔久, 一目𥍉仔久, 一輒仔久, 一睏仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	一目𥍉仔, 一輒久仔
	Quanzhou	一目摔螺, 一仔久, 一下仔, 一陣仔, 一絲仔久
	Jinjiang	一步仔
	Anxi	一孔久
	Yongchun	一下囝, 一陣囝, 一絲仔久
	Zhangzhou	目𥍉仔久, 一目𥍉仔久, 一輒仔久, 一仔久, 一米仔久, 一刻仔, 一睏仔, 一喘仔, 搭米久, 搭米仔久
	Tainan	一睏仔 GT, 一觸久仔 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	一仔久
	Leizhou	一𱓆仔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	一下子, 一哈子
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	一陣
	Danyang	一下子
	Ningbo	一晌
	Wenzhou	一下兒
Xiang	Changsha	一下, 一下子, 一下下子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

一會兒……一會兒……／一会儿……一会儿……

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