一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一下子
yíxiàzi
all at once; suddenly
Characters in this word
下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他一下子笑了。 Tā yí xià zi xiào le. He burst out laughing.
- 灯一下子亮了。 Dēng yí xià zi liàng le. The light suddenly came on.
- 我一下子懂了。 Wǒ yí xià zi dǒng le. I understood it right away.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyīhuìér in a short while