# 一下子 (yīxiàzi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一下子 (yīxiàzi) means “all at once; in an instant”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: all at once; in an instant
- Pinyin: yīxiàzi (yi1 xia4 zi5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 天空一下子暗了下来。
  Tiānkōng yíxiàzi ànle xiàlái.
  The sky darkened all of a sudden.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below
- [子](https://hanziro.com/word/zi-noun-suffix/) (zi): (suffix) noun suffix; child

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-xia-zi-all-at-once/

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