一陣子

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	a period of time
trad. (一陣子)		一	陣子
simp. (一阵子)		一	阵子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīzhènzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄓㄣˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zan⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīzhènzi [Phonetic: yízhènzi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄓㄣˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijhènzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chên⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: yī-jèn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijenn.tzy
    • Palladius: ичжэньцзы (ičžɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ zan⁶ zi²
    • Yale: yāt jahn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzan⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zen⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐn²² t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

一陣子

1. a period of time; a spell

   這一陣子盡下雨。 [MSC, trad.]
   这一阵子尽下雨。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè yīzhènzi jìn xiàyǔ. [Pinyin]

   We've had a spell of rainy weather.