一会儿/一會兒 yíhuìr — a little while, a moment

Meanings

1. 1

   a little while, a moment

   A short stretch of time. After a verb it says how long — 等一会儿 "wait a moment"; before a verb it means "in a moment": 我一会儿就来.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 会/會

  huì (fourth tone, falling) kuài (fourth tone, falling)

  to know how to, to be able to (through learning); to be likely to, will; a meeting, a gathering, an association; (kuài) only in 会计, accounting

  6 strokes⿱人云Radical 人
• 儿/兒

  ér (second tone, rising)

  child; son (in 儿子); the retroflex suffix -r written after a noun

  2 strokesRadical 儿

Example sentences

• 请等一会儿，他马上就来。/請等一會兒，他馬上就來。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) děng (third tone, dipping) yíhuìr, (second tone, rising) tā (first tone, high and level) mǎshàng (third tone, dipping) jiù (fourth tone, falling) lái. (second tone, rising)···

  Please wait a moment — he’ll be here right away.

• 我一会儿去超市买点儿东西。/我一會兒去超市買點兒東西。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) yíhuìr (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) chāoshì (first tone, high and level) mǎi (third tone, dipping) diǎnr (third tone, dipping) dōngxi. (first tone, high and level)···

  I’ll pop to the supermarket for a few things in a bit.

Similar words

Words containing 会

• 会/會huì (fourth tone, falling)can, to know how to (a learned skill)
• 机会/機會jīhuì (first tone, high and level)chance, opportunity
• 会议/會議huìyì (fourth tone, falling)meeting, conference
• 社会/社會shèhuì (fourth tone, falling)society
• 委员会/委員會wěi (third tone, dipping) yuán (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)committee
• 学会/學會xué (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)to learn
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 误会/誤會wùhuì (fourth tone, falling)to misunderstand, to get the wrong idea
• 协会/協會xié (second tone, rising) huì (fourth tone, falling)an association
• 董事会/董事會dǒng (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)board of directors
• 体会/體會tǐ (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling)to know from experience
• 晚会/晚會wǎn (third tone, dipping) huì (fourth tone, falling)evening party
• 约会/約會yuē (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)appointment
• 演唱会/演唱會yǎn (third tone, dipping) chàng (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)vocal recital or concert
• 会见/會見huì (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling)to meet with (sb who is paying a visit)
• 会员/會員huì (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)member
• 都会/都會dū (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)city

Words containing 儿

• 儿子/兒子érzi (second tone, rising)son
• 女儿/女兒nǚ (third tone, dipping) ér (second tone, rising)daughter
• 哪儿/哪兒nǎr (third tone, dipping)where
• 儿童/兒童ér (second tone, rising) tóng (second tone, rising)child
• 这儿/這兒zhè (fourth tone, falling) r (neutral tone)here
• 婴儿/嬰兒yīng (first tone, high and level) ér (second tone, rising)infant
• 那儿/那兒nà (fourth tone, falling) r (neutral tone)there
• 孤儿/孤兒gū (first tone, high and level) ér (second tone, rising)orphan
• 幼儿园/幼兒園yòu (fourth tone, falling) ér (second tone, rising) yuán (second tone, rising)kindergarten
• 玩儿/玩兒wán (second tone, rising) r (neutral tone)to play
• 胎儿/胎兒tāi (first tone, high and level) ér (second tone, rising)unborn child
• 味儿/味兒wèi (fourth tone, falling) r (neutral tone)taste
• 活儿/活兒huó (second tone, rising) r (neutral tone)work
• 儿女/兒女ér (second tone, rising) nǚ (third tone, dipping)children; sons and daughters
• 有点儿/有點兒yǒu (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping) r (neutral tone)slightly
• 没事儿/沒事兒méi (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) r (neutral tone)to have spare time
• 一块儿/一塊兒yī (first tone, high and level) kuài (fourth tone, falling) r (neutral tone)erhua variant of 一块