一念之間

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to miss; to think of; to read to miss; to think of; to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; idea; remembrance; twenty	's; him/her/it; this	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (一念之間)		一	念	之	間
simp. (一念之间)		一	念	之	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīniànzhījiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ nim⁶ zi¹ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīniànzhījiān [Phonetic: yíniànzhījiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiniànjhihjian
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-nien⁴-chih¹-chien¹
    • Yale: yī-nyàn-jr̄-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniannjyjian
    • Palladius: иняньчжицзянь (injanʹčžiczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ nim⁶ zi¹ gaan¹
    • Yale: yāt nihm jī gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ nim⁶ dzi¹ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ nim⁶ ji¹ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ niːm²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

一念之間

1. thought that arises in an instant; idea in the moment; whim