一下

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (一下)		一	下
variant forms		一吓 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yīxià

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ

(Chengdu, SP): yi² ha⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ haa⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-ha
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ē / chi̍t-ēe / chi̍t-lē

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ ê⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīxià [Phonetic: yíxià] → yīxia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ → ㄧ ˙ㄒㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.shiah
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ → /i⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä²/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (一下兒／一下儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīxiàr [Phonetic: yíxiàr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄒㄧㄚˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishiall
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕjɑɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yi² ha⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ixa
  - IPA ^(key): /i²¹ xa²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ haa⁵
  - Yale: yāt háh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ haa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ha⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ häː¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ha⁴
  - IPA: /it̚² ha⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ha⁴
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² ha⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ē
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cid'e
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² e²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² e³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² e⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ēe
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɛ²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-lē
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-lē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidle
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² le³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ ê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ē
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² e¹¹/

Adverb

一下

one time; once
他打了我一下。 ― Tā dǎ le wǒ yīxià. ― He hit me once.
a (short) while; a moment
等一下 ― děng yīxià ― wait a moment

休息一下 ― xiūxī yīxià ― rest a while

抱一下 ― bào yīxià ― give a quick hug

小等一下 [Min Nan] ― sió-tán--chi̍t-ē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― wait a moment
give something a go; give something a try
看一下 ― kàn yīxià ― take a look

聞一下 / 闻一下 ― wén yīxià ― try smelling it
(Cantonese) suddenly; all at once
你一下噉問，我真係唔知點答你喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你一下噉问，我真系唔知点答你㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ jat¹ haa⁵ gam² man⁶, ngo⁵ zan¹ hai⁶ m⁴ zi¹ dim² daap³ nei⁵ wo³. [Jyutping]
Your question just came all at once. I really don't know how to answer you.
(Sichuan) entirely; completely
(Sichuan) in all; in total

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 突然 (“suddenly”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		突然, 忽然, 猛然, 驀地, 乍然, 倏忽, 驟然, 猝然, 突然間
Mandarin	Beijing	突然, 忽然
Mandarin	Taiwan	突然, 忽然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	突然間, 忽然間, 一下, 無啦啦
	Hong Kong	突然間, 忽然間, 一下, 無啦啦
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	忽然間
	Kuala Lumpur	突然
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間, 好恬恬
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	突然間, 忽然間, 好恬恬仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	突然間, 忽然間, 好恬恬
	Dongshi (Dabu)	突然間, 忽然間, 好恬恬
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	突然間, 忽然間, 好恬恬
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	突然, 好定泥
	Hong Kong	陣時間
	Senai	陣間
Min Nan	Xiamen	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Quanzhou	突然, 忽然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Zhangzhou	突然, 忽然, 暴其然, 無張無持, 無張持
	Taipei	突然, 忽然, 雄雄, 無張持
	Johor Bahru	突然
Wu	Wenzhou	單下

(Min Nan) 一下仔

Derived terms

皮一下 (pí yīxià)

References

“Entry #4”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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