HSK 6 · Time

暂且 zànqiě “for the time being” in Chinese

Traditional 暫且

What 暂且 means

  1. for the time being
  2. for now
  3. temporarily

How to say 暂且

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale暂zàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale且qiě3rd tone, dipping

暂且 in a sentence

  1. 这个问题暂且不谈。

    Zhè ge wèntí zànqiě bù tán.

    Let’s leave this question aside for now.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你暂且住在我家吧。

    Nǐ zànqiě zhù zài wǒ jiā ba.

    Stay at my place for the time being.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 暂且 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 暂 (zàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
暂zàntemporary
  • 斩to chop · zhǎnSound part
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 斩 (zhǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zàn.

The character 且 (qiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
且qiěand
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 一one · yī

How to write 暂且

暂 12 strokes · 且 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 暂且

Words with 暂

暂时zànshí · temporary

Words with 且

而且érqiě · moreover并且bìngqiě · and姑且gūqiě · for the time being况且kuàngqiě · moreover尚且shàngqiě · even

More words: Time & Sequence

以往yǐwǎng · in the past原先yuánxiān · originally元宵节Yuánxiāojié · Lantern Festival预先yùxiān · in advance正月zhēngyuè · first month of the lunar year终身zhōngshēn · lifelong周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle

FAQs

暂且 (zànqiě) means “for the time being” or “for now”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zànqiě: zàn with a 4th tone, then qiě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 暂且 is written 暫且. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zanqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 暂且 from the suggestions. Typing zanqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
暂且 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.