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

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

Adverb

瞬間

in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye

Synonyms

眨眼 (zhǎyǎn)

Noun

瞬間

moment; flash; instant

Synonyms

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̃ŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

瞬(しゅん)間(かん) • (shunkan)

instant (period of time), the moment that something happens
- 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
  
  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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
瞬	間

Noun

瞬間 • (sun'gan) (hangeul 순간)

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