一不小心 meaning in English

yī bù xiǎoxīn

to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally

HSK 7-912 strokes

Meaning of 一不小心

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yībùxiǎoxīn
  1. to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally

一不小心 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ一yí不bù小xiǎo心xīn买mǎi了le一yī件jiàn尺chǐ码mǎ不bú对duì的de外wài套tào。
Tom bought the wrong size coat by mistake.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

不 bù · no · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 一不小心.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
是不是shì bu shìis or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
不用bùyòngneed not
小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
小时xiǎoshíhour
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to

Questions about 一不小心

What does 一不小心 mean?

一不小心 (yī bù xiǎoxīn) means "to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally".

How do you write 一不小心?

一不小心 is made of 4 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 不 (4 strokes), 小 (3 strokes), 心 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 一不小心 an HSK word?

Yes. 一不小心 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.