一会儿 (yìhuir) means A while. Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请在这儿站 一会儿 。
Qǐng zài zhèr zhàn yíhuìr.
Please stand here for a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 站
走累了就歇 一会儿 。
Zǒu lèi le jiù xiē yíhuìr.
Rest a while if you are tired from walking.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 歇
他在沙发上眯了 一会儿 。
Tā zài shāfā shang mī le yíhuìr.
He had a short nap on the sofa.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 眯
他们在海滨散了 一会儿 步。
Tāmen zài hǎibīn sàn le yíhuìr bù.
They took a short walk along the seashore.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 海滨
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From the graded readers
晚上我看书，也看 一会儿 电视。
wǎnshang wǒ kànshū, yě kàn / kān yìhuir diànshì.
In the evening I read, and watch a little TV.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
中午吃完饭，我想休息 一会儿 。
zhōngwǔ chīwán fàn, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yìhuir.
After lunch I thought I'd rest for a bit.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
他非常不好意思，说：“对不起，我的腿不太好，每天晚上要走 一会儿 。”
tā fēicháng bùhǎoyìsi, shuō:" duìbuqǐ, wǒ de(possessive) tuǐ bù tài hǎo / hào, měitiān wǎnshang yāo zǒu yìhuir."
He was mortified. "I'm so sorry — my legs aren't good and I have to walk about for a while each night."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
Questions about 一会儿
How is 一会儿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 一会儿 (yìhuir, "A while"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 一会儿 an HSK word?
Yes — 一会儿 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
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