一转眼 meaning in English

yīzhuǎnyǎn

in the blink of an eye

Traditional 一轉眼20 strokes

Meaning of 一转眼

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yīzhuǎnyǎn
  1. in the blink of an eye

一转眼 in example sentences

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

他tā一yī转zhuǎn眼yǎn就jiù跑pǎo了le。
He left 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

转 zhuǎn · to turn · 8 strokes

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

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 一转眼.

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 一转眼

What does 一转眼 mean?

一转眼 (yīzhuǎnyǎn) means "in the blink of an eye".

How do you write 一转眼?

一转眼 is made of 3 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 转 (8 strokes), 眼 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 一转眼 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 一转眼 is written 一轉眼.