一下
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Chinese[edit]
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 | ||
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simp. and trad. (一下) |
一 | 下 | |
alternative forms | 一吓 Cantonese |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
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
Synonyms[edit]
- (give something a go):
Dialectal synonyms of 一下 (“give something a go; give something a try”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 | |
Min Nan | 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) | 看覓, 一下 | |
Chaozhou | 睇, 下睇 | |
Shantou | 一下 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 睇 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 一記, 看 |
Suzhou | 一記, 看 | |
Ningbo | 一記, 看 |
- (suddenly):
Synonyms of 一下
- (Min Nan) 一下仔
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Entry #4”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
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