瞬間

See also: 瞬间

Chinese

		to wink	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (瞬間)		瞬	間
simp. (瞬间)		瞬	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùnjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³ gaan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sùn-kan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sung³ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùnjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùnjian
    • Wade–Giles: shun⁴-chien¹
    • Yale: shwùn-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennjian
    • Palladius: шуньцзянь (šunʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³ gaan¹
    • Yale: seun gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sên³ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùn-kan
    • Tâi-lô: sùn-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suonkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sun²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sun¹¹⁻⁵³ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²¹⁻⁴¹ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sung³ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sùng kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kaŋ³³/

Adjective

瞬間

1. momentary
2. transient

Adverb

瞬間

1. in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye

Synonyms

• 眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)

Noun

瞬間

1. moment; flash; instant

Synonyms

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• 一剎 / 一刹 (yīchà)
• 一剎那 / 一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 一會兒 / 一会儿
• 一目𥍉仔 / 一目𱳅仔 (chi̍t-ba̍k-nih-á) (Hokkien)
• 一瞬間 / 一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 剎那 / 刹那
• 少刻 (shǎokè)
• 少時 / 少时
• 少頃 / 少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
• 時刻 / 时刻 (shíkè)
• 有頃 / 有顷 (yǒuqǐng) (literary)
• 漏 (lòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 片刻 (piànkè)
• 瞬息 (shùnxī)
• 霎時 / 霎时 (shàshí)
• 頃刻 / 顷刻 (qǐngkè)
• 須 / 须 (xū) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

• 一瞬間 / 一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)
• 瞬間移動 / 瞬间移动 (shùnjiān yídòng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (瞬間):

• → Japanese: 瞬(しゅん)間(かん) (shunkan)
• → Korean: 순간(瞬間) (sun'gan)

See also

• 時刻／时刻 (shíkè)
• 時候／时候 (shíhou)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瞬	間
しゅん Grade: S	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅんかん [shùńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

瞬(しゅん)間(かん) • (shunkan) 

1. instant (period of time), the moment that something happens
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     手(て)を触(ふ)れた瞬(しゅん)間(かん)、風(ふう)船(せん)は割(わ)れてしまった。

     Te o fureta shunkan , fūsen wa warete shimatta .

     The balloon popped the moment the hand touched it.

Derived terms

• 一(いっ)瞬(しゅん)間(かん) (isshunkan) the blink of an eye, one moment

Korean

Hanja in this term
瞬	間

Noun

瞬間 • (sun'gan) (hangeul 순간)

1. hanja form^? of 순간 (“instant (period of time), the moment that something happens”)