DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

一彈指頃

简一弹指顷 · 繁一彈指頃

Mandarin · pinyin yī tán zhǐ qǐng

a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
in the twinkling of an eye

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

一: yī · one; a, an; alone
彈: Look up this written character
指: zhǐ · finger, toe; point, indicate
頃: Look up this written character
弹: dàn · pellet, bullet, shot, shell
顷: qǐng · a moment; a measure of area equal to 100 mu or 6.7 hectares; to lean

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–2–3–3 · yi1 tan2 zhi3 qing3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

一彈指頃 · find source passages ↗ · 一弹指顷 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat1 daan6 zi2 king2

Cantonese word readings for 一彈指頃. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack