HSK 6 · Time

片刻 piànkè “a moment” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 片刻 means

  1. a moment
  2. a short while
  3. short period of time

How to say 片刻

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale片piàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale刻kè4th tone, falling

片刻 in a sentence

  1. 她在那地方待了片刻。

    Tā zài nà dìfang dāi le piànkè.

    She stayed there for a moment.

    Sentence #5983686 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在房间外面等待片刻。

    Zài fángjiān wàimiàn děngdài piànkè.

    Wait outside the room for a moment.

    Sentence #797134 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 犹豫了片刻之后，他把书放在了桌子上。

    Yóuyù le piànkè zhīhòu, tā bǎ shū fàng zài le zhuōzi shàng.

    After hesitating for a moment, he put the book on the desk.

    Sentence #453758 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 片刻 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 片 (piàn) drawn as one shape
片piànthin piece

片 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 刻 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
刻kèquarter
  • 亥part of the characterSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 片刻

片 4 strokes · 刻 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

片刻 (piànkè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 片刻 (piànkè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 片刻

Words with 片

照片zhàopiàn · picture片piàn · slice片面piànmiàn · one-sided名片míngpiàn · (business) card动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film片断piànduàn · fragment

Words with 刻

刻kè · quarter hour立刻lìkè · immediately时刻shíkè · time刻苦kèkǔ · hardworking深刻shēnkè · profound雕刻diāokè · to carve刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Time & Sequence

屡次lǚcì · repeatedly漫长màncháng · very long年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)农历nónglì · lunar calendar起初qǐchū · at first迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far清晨qīngchén · early morning期限qīxiàn · time limit

FAQs

片刻 (piànkè) means “a moment” or “a short while”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it piànkè: piàn with a 4th tone, then kè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 片刻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pianke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 片刻 from the suggestions. Typing pianke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
片刻 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.