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片刻

piàn kè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

片刻 (piàn kè) means "short period of time". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 片刻 means

1. short period of time
2. a moment

The characters in 片刻

• 片piànthin piece; flake; a slice
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve

Example sentences

• 她在那地方待了片刻。
  Tā zài nà dìfang dài le piànkè.
  She stayed in that area for a short while.
• 在房间外面等待片刻。
  Zài fángjiān wàimiàn děngdài piànkè.
  Wait for a moment outside the room.
• 犹豫了片刻之后，他把书放在了桌子上。
  After some hesitation, he laid the book on the desk.

Where 片刻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · piān–pì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read piàn kè correctly.
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