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一下 (jat1 haa5) — once; one time; awhile | Often after a verb to indicate a short moment and sometimes shortened to just 下 (which the HK media inexplicably writes as 吓)| eg. 等一下; 講(一)下嘢; 睇下; 瞓一下 | Mand.-only synon.: 一會兒 in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一haaˏ₅下
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 xia4

Meaning of 一下

nounonce; one time; awhile | Often after a verb to indicate a short moment and sometimes shortened to just 下 (which the HK media inexplicably writes as 吓)| eg. 等一下; 講(一)下嘢; 睇下; 瞓一下 | Mand.-only synon.: 一會兒
nounall at once; at one fell swoop | Synon.: 一下子

Example Sentences with 一下

我突然好癐，等我瞓一下。
I'm suddenly very tired, let me sleep for a bit.
我想請您給我量一下我的胸圍尺寸。
I want you to take my chest measurement.
我突然好攰，等我瞓一下。
I'm suddenly very tired, let me sleep for a bit.
ho2-m4-ho2ji5可gaai2sik1-jat1haa5唔dim2gaai2可neiˏ₅以wuiˏ₅解mou4dyun1dyun1釋beiˍ₆一janˎ₄下laaiˉ¹點ne1?解妳會無端端被人拉呢？
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
keoiˏ₅佢dimˊ²丼zoˊ²咗ngoˏ₅我jatˉ¹一haa6.下。
He poked me once.
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Characters in 一下

一jat1
one; a; an; the
下haa6
formulate; work out; set down

Words Containing 一下

等一下dang2 jat1 haa5
wait a while; wait a moment | Mand. also: 等一會兒 | Cant.: 等一陣 | Note: Often written by HK print media as '等一吓' where '吓' is a coined character for the purpose of the pronunciation /haa5/ in the mistaken belief that '下' can only be pronounced /haa6/. To add to the confusion, '吓' is also the official simplified version of '嚇'.
一下兒jat1 haa5 ji4
a little bit | Cant.: 一啲 | Syn.: 一點; 一點兒
落實一下lok6 sat6 jat1 haa5
to reconfirm [colloquial]
一下子jat1 haa5 zi2
all at once; all of a sudden [] Cant.: 一下

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