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  • 1

    n.a little while

    • shī péi yī huì r wǒ yǒu diǎn shì

      失陪一会儿

      Please excuse me for a little while because I want to do something else.

    • wǒ xiǎng dǎ rǎo nǐ men yī huì r

      打扰你们一会儿

      I'd like to interrupt you for a moment.

    • lǎo shī lí kāi le yī huì r

      老师离开一会儿

      The teacher left for a moment.

  • 2

    adv.in a while; in a moment; presently; soon

    • wǒ mā ma yī huì r jiù huí lái le

      妈妈一会儿回来

      My mother will come back soon.

    • dà huǒ r zì fā de kāi shǐ pāi shǒu jiào hǎo yī huì r píng tái shang jiù xiǎng chè le zhǎng shēng

      大伙儿自发开始拍手叫好一会儿平台响彻掌声

      Spontaneously they began to clap and presently the platform was loud with applause.

    • tā yī huì r jiù bǎ tí zuò wán le

      一会儿做完

      He finished the problem in a short time.

  • 3

    adv.(reduplicated before a pair of antonyms to indicate alternation) now...now/then...; one moment...the next...

    • tā yī huì r chū yī huì r jìn yī zhí zài máng

      一会儿一会儿一直

      She is busy all the time, going out one moment and coming in the next.