一下
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (一下) |
一 | 下 | |
| alternative forms | 一吓 Cantonese | ||
Pronunciation
Adverb
一下
- one time; once
- a (short) while; a moment
- give something a go; give something a try
- 對於文化問題，我是門外漢，想研究一下，也方在開始。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Duìyú wénhuà wèntí, wǒ shì ménwàihàn, xiǎng yánjiū yīxià, yě fāng zài kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
- I am a layman in matters of culture; I would like to study them, but have only just begun to do so.
对于文化问题，我是门外汉，想研究一下，也方在开始。 [MSC, simp.]
- suddenly; all at once
- (Sichuanese) entirely; completely
- (Sichuanese) in all; in total
- (Gan, Hakka) together
Synonyms
- (give something a go):
Dialectal synonyms of 一下 (“give something a go; give something a try”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一下 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 一下, 看看 |
| Malaysia | 一下 | |
| Singapore | 一下 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 下 |
| Hong Kong | 下 | |
| Macau | 下 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 下 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 下 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 看覓 |
| Quanzhou | 看覓 | |
| Zhangzhou | 看覓 | |
| Taipei | 看覓 | |
| Kaohsiung | 看覓 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 看覓 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 看覓, 一下 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 覓, 看覓, 一下 | |
| Chaozhou | 睇, 下睇 | |
| Shantou | 一下 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 睇 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看, 一記, 一下 often with non-monosyllabic verbs |
| Suzhou | 看, 一下 | |
| Ningbo | 看 | |
- (suddenly):
- 一下子 (yīxiàzi)
- 一舉／一举 (yījǔ)
- 一頭／一头 (yītóu)
- 乍然 (zhàrán) (literary)
- 倏忽 (literary)
- 忽地 (hūdì)
- 忽然 (hūrán)
- 𢫦𢫦風／𢫦𢫦风 (Hakka)
- 暫／暂 (zàn) (literary)
- 猛 (měng)
- 猝然 (cùrán)
- 猛然 (měngrán)
- 突然 (tūrán)
- 突然間／突然间 (tūránjiān)
- 豁然 (huòrán) (literary)
- 遽然 (jùrán) (literary)
- 陡 (dǒu) (literary, or in compounds)
- 陡然 (dǒurán)
- 霍然 (huòrán)
- 頓／顿 (literary)
- 頓然／顿然 (dùnrán)
- 驀地／蓦地
- 驀然／蓦然 (mòrán) (formal)
- 驟然／骤然 (zhòurán) (literary)
Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]
- (Hokkien) 一下仔
- (together):
Dialectal synonyms of 一起 (“together”) [map]
References
- “Entry #4”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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