一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一时
yìshí
temporarily; for a moment
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他一时想不起密码，只好重新验证身份。 Tā yìshí xiǎng bù qǐ mìmǎ, zhǐhǎo chóngxīn yànzhèng shēnfèn. He could not remember the password for the moment, so he had to verify his identity again.
- 我一时想不出好办法，你先等我一会儿。 Wǒ yìshí xiǎng bù chū hǎo bànfǎ, nǐ xiān děng wǒ yíhuìr. I can't think of a good solution right now, so wait for me a moment.
- 大家一时都愣住了，没人说话。 Dàjiā yìshí dōu lèng zhù le, méi rén shuōhuà. For a moment everyone was stunned, and nobody spoke.
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 bùyíhuìr in a short while