yī​huì​r HSK1

a while

一会儿 (一會兒) yī​huì​r
a while numeral
a short period of time

这儿一会儿

qǐng zài zhè​r děng yī​huì​r.

Please wait here a moment.

in a moment numeral
in a short while; shortly

一会儿

yī​huì​r jiù zǒu.

I'll be leaving shortly.

now... now... numeral
used to indicate alternating or rapidly changing states

天气一会儿一会儿

tiān​qì yī​huì​r qíng, yī​huì​r yīn.

The weather is sunny one moment and cloudy the next.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
99.5 per million appears in 33% of films
Written text
34.7 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1

Sources

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