一溜煙

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	slip away; to skate	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (一溜煙)		一	溜	煙
simp. (一溜烟)		一	溜	烟
Literally: “(like) a wisp of smoke”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīliùyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ lau⁶ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīliùyān [Phonetic: yíliùyān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiliòuyan
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-liu⁴-yen¹
    • Yale: yī-lyòu-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iliowian
    • Palladius: илюянь (iljujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一溜煙兒／一溜烟儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīliùyānr [Phonetic: yíliùyānr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiliòuyanr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-liu⁴-yen¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-lyòu-yānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iliowial
    • Palladius: илюяньр (iljujanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵¹ jɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ lau⁶ jin¹
    • Yale: yāt lauh yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ lau⁶ jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ leo⁶ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²² jiːn⁵⁵/

Adverb

一溜煙

1. (running away) swiftly

   汽車一溜煙開走了。 [MSC, trad.]
   汽车一溜烟开走了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qìchē yīliùyān kāizǒu le. [Pinyin]

   The car sped off.

   他一溜煙就沒影兒了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他一溜烟就没影儿了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yīliùyān jiù méiyǐngr le. [Pinyin]

   He disappeared in an instant (a flash).

Synonyms

• 一道風／一道风
• 一道煙／一道烟
• 一溜風／一溜风