片刻

片刻 piànkè in a sentence

Moment (instant)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

片刻 (piànkè) means Moment (instant). 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

请稍等 片刻 。

Qǐng shāo děng piànkè.

Please wait a moment.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 片刻

他沉默了 片刻 才开口。

Tā chénmò le piànkè cái kāikǒu.

He was silent for a moment before speaking.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 片刻

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How is 片刻 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 片刻 (piànkè, "Moment (instant)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 片刻 an HSK word?

Yes — 片刻 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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