瞬息

Chinese

		to wink	rest; news; interest rest; news; interest; breath
trad. (瞬息)		瞬	息
simp. #(瞬息)		瞬	息

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnxī, shùnxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sùn-siak / sùn-sek / sùn-sit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnsi
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-hsi¹
    • Yale: shwùn-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshi
    • Palladius: шуньси (šunʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnsí
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: shwùn-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennshyi
    • Palladius: шуньси (šunʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seon³ sik¹
    • Yale: seun sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 信息 瞬息 訊息 / 讯息 遜色 / 逊色

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-siak
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-sek
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-sit
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonsid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²¹⁻⁵³ sit̚³²/

Noun

瞬息

1. twinkling; flash

Synonyms

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• 一剎 / 一刹 (yīchà)
• 一剎那 / 一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 一會兒 / 一会儿
• 一目𥍉仔 / 一目𱳅仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
• 一瞬間 / 一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 剎那 / 刹那
• 少刻 (shǎokè)
• 少時 / 少时
• 少頃 / 少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
• 時刻 / 时刻 (shíkè)
• 有頃 / 有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
• 漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 片刻 (piànkè)
• 瞬間 / 瞬间 (shùnjiān)
• 霎時 / 霎时 (shàshí)
• 頃刻 / 顷刻 (qǐngkè)
• 須 / 须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

Derived terms

• 流光瞬息
• 浮生瞬息
• 瞬息之間 / 瞬息之间
• 瞬息千變 / 瞬息千变
• 瞬息萬變 / 瞬息万变 (shùnxīwànbiàn)