刹那 chànà in a sentence
An instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye†
刹那 (chànà) means An instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye †. Below are 2 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
那一 刹那 ，他忽然明白了一切。
Nà yí chànà, tā hūrán míngbai le yíqiè.
In that split second he suddenly understood everything.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刹那
灯灭的 刹那 ，全场安静了下来。
Dēng miè de chànà, quánchǎng ānjìng le xiàlái.
The instant the lights went out, the whole hall fell silent.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刹那
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How is 刹那 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 刹那 (chànà, "An instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 刹那 an HSK word?
Yes — 刹那 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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