blink of an eye, moment, instant

Animated Stroke Order 瞬

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Stroke Order Diagrams 瞬

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HSK Vocabulary:

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
liú
xīng
zài
shùn
jiān
huá
guò
kōng

The meteor streaked across the night sky in an instant

2
shùn
zhī
jiān
qíng
kuàng
jiù
shēng
le
biàn
huà

The situation changed in the blink of an eye

3
zhuǎn
shùn
zhī
jiān
chūn
tiān
jiù
biàn
chéng
le
xià
tiān

Spring turned into summer in a flash

4
tài
yáng
shùn
jiān
jiù
chū
lái
le

The sun came out in an instant.

5
shùn
jiān
jiù
míng
bái
le
de
si

He understood my meaning instantly.

6
ge
shùn
jiān
shí
jiān
fǎng仿
tíng
zhǐ
le

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes17
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1799
Zhuyinㄕㄨㄣˋ
Components
UnicodeU+77AC
CangjieBHHJU
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality