Definition
一会 is a measure word for a short period of time, like 'a moment' or 'a while'. You can use it after a number (usually 一) to indicate a brief duration, as in 等一会 ('wait a moment'). It is also commonly used as a time adverb meaning 'in a moment' or 'a moment ago', though that usage is more typical of the variant 一会儿. Note that the pinyin in this entry is yī huì, but standard tone sandhi would be yí huì because 会 is fourth tone.
classifier
a short whilea moment
Examples
- 。Qǐng děng yī huì.Please wait a moment.
- 。Tā xiūxi le yī huì yòu jìxù gōngzuò.He rested for a while and then continued working.
- 。Yī huì qián tā hái zài zhèlǐ.A moment ago he was still here.
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