一下

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (一下)		一	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): yi² ha⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ haa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-ha
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ē / chi̍t-ēe / chi̍t-lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ ê⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīxià [Phonetic: yíxià] → yīxia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ → ㄧ ㄒㄧㄚ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.shiah
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/ → /i⁵⁵ ɕi̯a̠²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed) (一下兒／一下儿)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīxiàr [Phonetic: yíxiàr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishiall
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕjɑɻ⁵¹/
• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² ha⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ixa
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹ xa²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ haa⁵
    • Yale: yāt háh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ haa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ha⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ hɑː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: id` ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid<sup>5</sup> ha<sup>4</sup>
    • IPA: /it̚² ha⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ha⁴
    • IPA: /(j)it̚² ha⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ē
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid'e
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² e⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² e³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² e³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻²¹ e²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ēe
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-lē
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidle
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² le³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² le³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ ê⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ē
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² e¹¹/

Adverb

一下

1. one time; once

   他打了我一下。  ―  Tā dǎ le wǒ yīxià.  ―  He hit me once.

2. a (short) while; a moment

   等一下  ―  děng yīxià  ―  wait a moment

   休息一下  ―  xiūxī yīxià  ―  rest a while

   抱一下  ―  bào yīxià  ―  give a quick hug

   小等一下 [Min Nan]  ―  sió-tán--chi̍t-ē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  wait a moment

3. give something a go; give something a try

   看一下  ―  kàn yīxià  ―  take a look

   聞一下 / 闻一下  ―  wén yīxià  ―  try smelling it

4. suddenly; all at once

   你一下噉問，我真係唔知點答你喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   你一下噉问，我真系唔知点答你㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei⁵ jat¹ haa⁵ gam² man⁶, ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ zi¹ dim² daap³ nei⁵ wo³. [Jyutping]

   Your question just came all at once. I really don't know how to answer you.

5. (Sichuan) entirely; completely
6. (Sichuan) in all; in total

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 一下仔

References

• “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.