# 一刹那 (yīchànà)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一刹那 (yīchànà) means “an instant; a split second”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: an instant; a split second
- Pinyin: yīchànà (yi1 cha4 na4)
- Traditional: 一剎那
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 在那一刹那，灯全灭了。
  Zài nà yīchànà, dēng quán miè le.
  In that split second, the lights went out.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- 刹 (chà): Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗, Sanskri
- [那](https://hanziro.com/word/na-that/) (nà): that

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-cha-na-instant/

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