一眨眼 meaning in English

yīzhǎyǎn

in a wink

21 strokes

Meaning of 一眨眼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīzhǎyǎn
  1. in a wink

一眨眼 in example sentences

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

它tā发fā生shēng在zài一yī眨zhǎ眼yǎn之zhī间jiān。
It happened in the blink of an eye.
消xiāo防fáng员yuán一yī眨zhǎ眼yǎn的de功gōng夫fu就jiù把bǎ火huǒ给gěi灭miè了le。
The firefighters put out the fire in the blink of an eye.

Stroke order for each character

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

一 yī · one · 1 strokes

  1. 1

眨 zhǎ · to wink · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

眼 yǎn · eye · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 一眨眼.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一样yīyàngsame; like
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一会儿yīhuìra moment; a while
一半yībànhalf
一边yībiānone side; either side
一点儿yīdiǎnrerhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3]
一块儿yīkuàirerhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一直yīzhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

Questions about 一眨眼

What does 一眨眼 mean?

一眨眼 (yīzhǎyǎn) means "in a wink".

How do you write 一眨眼?

一眨眼 is made of 3 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 眨 (9 strokes), 眼 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.