一下仔

Chinese

		one time; once; a while one time; once; a while; a moment	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
simp. and trad. (一下仔)		一下	仔

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-ha-é
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ē-á / chi̍t-lē-á

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ ha e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ha⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚² ha⁵⁵ e³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha-é
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ ha e^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ha⁴ e³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ha⁵⁵ e³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ē-á
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ē-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid'e'ar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e³³ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² e⁴¹⁻²² a⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e²²⁻²¹ a⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-lē-á
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-lē-á
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidle'ar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² le³³ a⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² le³³ a⁵³/

Adverb

一下仔

1. (Southern Min, Hakka) for a short while

   • 其實恁的生命明仔載會按怎，恁也毋知影！恁親像一片雺霧，出現一下仔隨時就消失去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     其实恁的生命明仔载会按怎，恁也毋知影！恁亲像一片雺雾，出现一下仔随时就消失去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 高陳台灣白話聖經譯本 (Ko-Tân Colloquial Taiwanese Version), 雅各 (James) 4:14

     Kî-si̍t lín ê sèⁿ-miā bîn-á-chài ē àn-chóaⁿ, lín iā m̄ chai-iáⁿ! Lín chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t phìⁿ bông-bū, chhut-hiān chi̍t-ē-á sûi-sî chiū siau-sit khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Synonyms

• 一下 (yīxià)
• (Mandarin) 一下兒／一下儿 (yīxiàr), 一下子 (yīxiàzi)

References

• “Entry #4”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.