俄而

Chinese

		suddenly; very soon; Russian	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
simp. and trad. (俄而)		俄	而
alternative forms		俄爾／俄尔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): é'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁴ ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: é'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˊ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: é-ér
    • Wade–Giles: o²-êrh²
    • Yale: é-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ererl
    • Palladius: ээр (eer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁴ ji⁴
    • Yale: ngòh yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁴ ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁴ yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²¹ jiː²¹/

Adverb

俄而

1. (literary) after a while; presently

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不久 (“soon; before long”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頃之, 頃刻, 少頃, 俄而, 既而, 已而
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不久
Mandarin	Beijing	不久, 沒多久
	Taiwan	不久, 沒多久
	Singapore	不久, 沒多久
Cantonese	Guangzhou	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Hong Kong	冇幾耐, 冇耐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	冇幾耐
Hakka	Meixian	無幾久
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	無幾久
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	無幾久
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	無幾久
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	無幾久
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	無幾久
Southern Min	Xiamen	無偌久
	Quanzhou	無偌久
	Zhangzhou	無偌久
	Taipei	無偌久
	Kaohsiung	無偌久
	Singapore (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Manila (Hokkien)	無偌久
	Shantou	唔久, 無若久
Wu	Wenzhou	不一下兒過