片刻

Chinese

		a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet	quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
trad. (片刻)		片	刻
simp. #(片刻)		片	刻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pin³ hak¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phiàn-khiak / phiàn-khek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piànkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànkè
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: pyàn-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannkeh
    • Palladius: пянькэ (pjanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pin³ hak¹
    • Yale: pin hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pin³ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: pin³ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːn³³ hɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-khiak
    • Tâi-lô: phiàn-khiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiernqiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiàn-khek
    • Tâi-lô: phiàn-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiernqeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

片刻

1. instant; short while; moment

Synonyms

• 一剎／一刹 (yīchà)
• 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 一會兒／一会儿
• 一目𥍉仔 (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)
• 瞬息 (shùnxī)
• 瞬間／瞬间 (shùnjiān)
• 霎時／霎时 (shàshí)
• 頃刻／顷刻 (qǐngkè)
• 須／须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (片刻):

• → Korean: 편각(片刻) (pyeon'gak)