LEARN + CHINESE / 45 of 300 HSK 2
A Moment Later 不一会儿
When you tell a story, you can build a phrase around a thing, an action, or a description: 一个安全的地方 (“a safe place”), 去买咖啡 (“go buy coffee”), 非常安全 (“very safe”). And if you want to move the story along, 不一会儿 means “a little while later.”
我们去买咖啡，不一会儿就回来了。
wǒmen qù mǎi kāfēi, bù yíhuìr jiù huílai le.
We went to get coffee and came back a little while later.
我想找一个安静的地方看书。
wǒ xiǎng zhǎo yí ge ānjìng de dìfang kàn shū.
I want to find a quiet place to read.
这家咖啡店非常安静。
zhè jiā kāfēidiàn fēicháng ānjìng.
This café is very quiet.
他到家的时候，朋友已经等了一会儿。
tā dào jiā de shíhou, péngyou yǐjīng děng le yíhuìr.
By the time he got home, his friend had already been waiting for a while.
Hint · 힌트
A phrase can do the job of one part of speech: 安静的地方 names a thing, 去买咖啡 describes an action, and 非常安静 describes a quality. 不一会儿 is a time phrase that moves the story forward.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
bù yíhuìr | a little while later |
yíhuìr | a while; a moment |
dìfang | place |
ānquán | safe |
ānjìng | quiet; peaceful |
zhǎo | to look for |
kāfēidiàn | café |
mǎi | to buy |
kāfēi | coffee |
huílai | to come back |
xiǎng | to want; would like |
kàn shū | to read |
fēicháng | very; extremely |
dào jiā | to get home |
shíhou | time; when |
péngyou | friend |
yǐjīng | already |
děng | to wait |
yìbiān...yìbiān... | while doing one thing and another |
ránhòu | then; afterwards |
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