一瞬

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to wink
trad. (一瞬)		一	瞬
simp. #(一瞬)		一	瞬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ seon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshùn [Phonetic: yíshùn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishùn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shun⁴
    • Yale: yī-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishuenn
    • Palladius: ишунь (išunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ seon³
    • Yale: yāt seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ soen³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ sên³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɵn³³/

Noun

一瞬

1. the twinkling of an eye
   • 2024, Vivian Yuen (lyrics and music), “從心底讚頌”, in THE WAY, performed by Lok Sum, 香港基督徒音樂事工協會 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music]:

     一瞬塵俗過　唯祢看破世俗眼光 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     一瞬尘俗过　唯祢看破世俗眼光 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     jat¹ seon³ can⁴ zuk⁶ gwo³, wai⁴ nei⁵ hon³ po³ sai³ zuk⁶ ngaan⁵ gwong¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	瞬
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	しゅん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっしゅん [ìsshúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɕːɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

一(いっ)瞬(しゅん) • (isshun) ^{←いつしゆん (itusyun)?}

1. an instant

   一瞬(いっしゅん)にして

   isshun ni shite

   in an instant

2. moment

Synonyms

• 一(ひと)瞬(またた)き (hito-matataki), 一(ひと)瞬(まばた)き (hito-mabataki)