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Jyutping jat1 si4
Pinyin yī shí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a period of time
  2. a while
  3. for a short while
  4. temporary
  5. momentary
  6. at the same time
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. suddenly; at an instant
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 連詞
    連接​兩種​間​中​交替​出​現​嘅​情​況​(​一時​⋯​⋯​一時​⋯​⋯​)
    sometimes..., but other times...
    • 佢個病一時好,一時壞。
      佢个病一时好,一时坏。
      keoi5 go3 beng6 jat1 si4 hou2, jat1 si4 waai6.
      His illness sometimes gets better, but sometimes gets worse.
    • 你一時又學芭蕾舞,一時又學唱歌,結果冇樣叻。
      你一时又学芭蕾舞,一时又学唱歌,结果冇样叻。
      nei5 jat1 si4 jau6 hok6 baa1 leoi4 mou5, jat1 si4 jau6 hok6 coeng3 go1, git3 gwo2 mou5 joeng6 lek1.
      You switch back and forth between learning ballet and learning singing. As a result you are not good at either.
  2. 近義詞
  3. 副詞
    短時間​內​;​突然​;​忽然
    in a moment; for the moment
    • 一時感觸
      一时感触
      jat1 si4 gam2 zuk1
      to get touched; to get impressed
    • 我一時諗唔起。
      我一时谂唔起。
      ngo5 jat1 si4 nam2 m4 hei2.
      I cannot think of it for the moment.
  4. 近義詞
    一時間、霎時間
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    a period of time
  2. adv
    one moment..., the next... (used with 時而/时而 (shí'ér))
  3. adv
    for a short while; for a time; temporarily; momentarily; once
    • 盛行一時
      盛行一时
      shèng xíng yī shí
      to prevail for a time; to once be popular
  4. adv
    from time to time; occasionally
    (syn.) 有陣時, 不時, 偶而, 晃晃兒, 拄阵, 久唔久, 有时, 有时仔, 时不时, 拄陣, 罕罕仔, 有時陣, 有当时, 耐唔时, 有时阵, 耐唔時, 拄时阵, 間唔中, 成擺, 下把仔, 有當時仔, 一半下, 间唔中, 成摆, 時而, 有時仔, 不时, 有时候, 有陣仔, 成下, 成時, 晃晃儿, 有阵仔, 下把, 有時, 時不時, 有成时, 成下仔, 成时, 有当时仔, 有成時, 难板, 難板, 有時候, 有當時, 有阵时, 久不久, 间唔时, 偶尔, 时而, 间中, 偶爾, 間中, 耐唔耐, 耐唔中, 間唔時, 拄時陣
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #960
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    一时失言常常会带来意想不到的结果。
    一時失言常常會帶來意想不到的結果。
    yī shí shī yán cháng cháng huì dài lái yì xiǎng bù dào de jiē guǒ 。
    • A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
  2. Mandarin
    十一时了,你该上床睡觉了。
    十一時了,你該上床睡覺了。
    shí yī shí le , nǐ gāi shàng chuáng shuì jiào le 。
    • It's already eleven. It's high time you were in bed.
  3. Mandarin
    现在已经十一时了。我一定要走了。
    現在已經十一時了。我一定要走了。
    xiàn zài yǐ jīng shí yī shí le 。 wǒ yī dìng yào zǒu le 。
    • It's already eleven o'clock. I must be leaving now.
  4. Mandarin
    一时间我还以为他疯了。
    一時間我還以為他瘋了。
    yī shí jiān wǒ hái yǐ wéi tā fēng le 。
    • For a moment there, I thought he had gone mad.
  5. Mandarin
    不同的地方可以在同一时节有十分不同的温度。
    不同的地方可以在同一時節有十分不同的温度。
    bù tóng de dì fāng kě yǐ zài tóng yī shí jié yǒu shí fēn bù tóng de wēn dù 。
    • The temperature in different places can vary greatly at the same time of year.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你做乜同一时间戴咁多件首饰,搞到自己成樖圣诞树咁。
    你做乜同一時間戴咁多件首飾,搞到自己成樖聖誕樹咁。
    nei5 zou6 mat1 tung4 jat1 si4 gaan3 daai3 gam3 do1 gin6 sau2 sik1, gaau2 dou3 zi6 gei2 seng4 po1 sing3 daan3 syu6 gam2.
    • Why are you wearing so much jewellery at the same time? You look like a Christmas tree.
  2. Cantonese
    意外发生之后,政府第一时间居然唔系救灾,反而系封锁消息。
    意外發生之後,政府第一時間居然唔係救災,反而係封鎖消息。
    ji3 ngoi6 faat3 sang1 zi1 hau6, zing3 fu2 dai6 jat1 si4 gaan3 geoi1 jin2 m4 hai6 gau3 zoi1, faan2 ji4 hai6 fung1 so2 siu1 sik1.
    • After the accident happened, what the government did instantly was not to rescue but to block the flow of news.
  3. Cantonese
    一时三刻
    一時三刻
    jat1 si4 saam1 hak1
    • an hour or so; a short period of time; literally, an hour or 45 minutes
  4. Cantonese
    唔争𠮶一时三刻啦,等多阵先。
    唔爭嗰一時三刻啦,等多陣先。
    m4 zaang1 go2 jat1 si4 saam1 hak1 laa1, dang2 do1 zan6 sin1.
    • An hour or so doesn't make any difference. Let's wait for a bit longer.
  5. Cantonese
    一时三刻都仲顶得住。
    一時三刻都仲頂得住。
    jat1 si4 saam1 hak1 dou1 zung6 ding2 dak1 zyu6
    • It can still hold for a while longer.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    望见佢回眸浅笑,我一时心神荡漾。
    望見佢回眸淺笑,我一時心神盪漾。
    mong6 gin3 keoi5 wui4 mau6 cin2 siu3, ngo5 jat1 si4 sam1 san4 dong6 joeng6.
  2. Cantonese
    一时唔偷鸡就做保长
    一時唔偷雞就做保長
    jat1 si4 m4 tau1 gai1 zau6 zou6 bou2 zoeng2
  3. Cantonese
    有时一时行差踏错,未必返到转头。
    有時一時行差踏錯,未必返到轉頭。
  4. Cantonese
    佢嘅本性唔坏嘅,系一时做错嘅啫。
    佢嘅本性唔壞嘅,係一時做錯嘅啫。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    线上教育,也曾经是新创公司的一时之宠。
    線上教育,也曾經是新創公司的一時之寵。
    xiàn shàng jiào yù , yě céng jīng shì xīn chuàng gōng sī de yī shí zhī chǒng .
    • Online education used to be a favourite of new companies at one point.
  2. Mandarin
    盛行一时
    盛行一時
    shèng xíng yī shí
    • to prevail for a time; to once be popular
  3. Mandarin
    昨天手机提示更新,我一时手欠,导致了手机恢复系统,数据全部丢失。
    昨天手機提示更新,我一時手欠,導致了手機恢復系統,數據全部丟失。
    zuó tiān shǒu jī tí shì gēng xīn , wǒ yī shí shǒu qiàn , dǎo zhì le shǒu jī huī fù xì tǒng , shù jù quán bù diū shī .
    • My hands were playing up when I saw the reminder of updates on my phone yesterday. So my phone has now been rebooted, and all the data was lost.
  4. Mandarin
    做上了客服,自然就可以煲粥,从早煲到晚,但若是自家的电话,就别图一时痛快,到月底缴费的时候再来心疼了!
    做上了客服,自然就可以煲粥,從早煲到晚,但若是自家的電話,就別圖一時痛快,到月底繳費的時候再來心疼了!
    zuò shàng le kè fú , zì rán jiù kě yǐ bāo zhōu , cóng zǎo bāo dào wǎn , dàn ruò shì zì jiā de diàn huà , jiù bié tú yī shí tòng kuài , dào yuè dǐ jiǎo fèi de shí hòu zài lái xīn téng le !
    • Once you get used to doing customer service, you'll naturally be able to talk for hours on the phone, from morning till evening, but if it's your own phone, don't look for temporary satisfaction and then get heartbroken when you pay your bills at the end of the month!
  5. Mandarin
    当第一时期,富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水,蒋介石打伤了脚,坐飞机回广东了。
    當第一時期,富農耳裏聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水,蔣介石打傷了腳,坐飛機回廣東了。
    dāng dì yī shí qī , fù nóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒ wèi jiāng xī yī bài rú shuǐ , jiǎng jiè shí dǎ shāng le jiǎo , zuò fēi jī huí guǎng dōng le .
    • In the first period, what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expeditionary Army's sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi, about Chiang Kai-shek's being wounded in the leg and flying back to Guangdong.