"Moment" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |   |
| 时刻 | shí kè | time / juncture / moment / period of time / CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4] / constantly / always | |
| 一会儿 | yī huì r | a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] | |
| 片刻 | piàn kè | short period of time / a moment | |
| 会 |  huì | can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) | |
| 刻 | kè | quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals | |
| 歇 | xiē | to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while | |
| 一会 | yī huì | a moment / a while / in a moment / also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 关头 | guān tóu | juncture / moment | |
| 辰光 | chén guāng | sunlight / (Wu dialect) time of the day / moment | |
| 臾 | yú | a moment / little while | |
| 片时 | piàn shí | a short time / a moment | |
| 原点矩 | yuán diǎn jǔ | (statistics) moment | |
| 臾须 | yú xū | short period of time / a moment | |
| 会子 | huì zi | (coll.) a moment / a while | |
| 一刹那 | yī chà nà | a moment / an instant / in a flash | |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now / at present / at the moment / modern / current / nowadays | |
| 这时 | zhè shí | at this time / at this moment | |
| 此时 | cǐ shí | now / this moment | |
| 刚刚 | gāng gang | just recently / just a moment ago | |
| 临时 | lín shí | as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc | |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment / now / at present | |
| 相机 | xiàng jī | camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]) / at the opportune moment / as the circumstances allow | |
| 一时间 | yī shí jiān | for a moment / momentarily | |
| 时机 | shí jī | opportunity / opportune moment | |
| 到时候 | dào shí hòu | when the moment comes / at that time | |
| 当下 | dāng xià | immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment | |
| 眼看 | yǎn kàn | soon / in a moment / to look on as sth happens | |
| 等一下 | děng yī xià | to wait a moment / later / in awhile | |
| 关键时刻 | guān jiàn shí kè | key moment / critical time | |
| 此时此刻 | cǐ shí cǐ kè | at this very moment | |
| 这会儿 | zhè huì r | (coll.) now / this moment / also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5] | |
| 适才 | shì cái | just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) | |
| 现下 | xiàn xià | now / at this moment | |
| 风云人物 | fēng yún rén wù | the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure | |
| 一触即发 | yī chù jí fā | could happen at any moment / on the verge | |
| 火候 | huǒ hòu | heat control / maturity / crucial moment | |
| 待会儿 | dāi huì r | in a moment / later / also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5] | |
| 当儿 | dāng r | the very moment / just then / during (that brief interval) | |
| 等一等 | děng yī děng | wait a moment | |
| 顿悟 | dùn wù | a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) | |
| 且慢 | qiě màn | to wait a moment / do not go too soon | |
| 稍等 | shāo děng | to wait a moment | |
| 不失时机 | bù shī shí jī | to seize the opportune moment / to lose no time | |
| 等一会 | děng yī huì | Wait a moment! / after a while | |
| 默哀 | mò āi | to observe a moment of silence in tribute | |
| 前脚 | qián jiǎo | one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) | |
| 当口 | dāng kǒu | at that moment / just then | |
| 鼓噪 | gǔ zào | (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about | |
| 节骨眼 | jiē gu yǎn | (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] | |
| 稍候 | shāo hòu | to wait a moment | |
| 气话 | qì huà | angry words / sth said in the moment of anger | |
| 后脚 | hòu jiǎo | (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) | |
| 偷闲 | tōu xián | to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work | |
| 临了 | lín liǎo | at the last moment / right at the end | |
| 分秒必争 | fēn miǎo bì zhēng | seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts | |
| 坎儿 | kǎn r | critical juncture / key moment | |
| 临阵磨枪 | lín zhèn mó qiāng | lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment | |
| 俄顷 | é qǐng | in a moment / presently | |
| 偷空 | tōu kòng | to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment | |
| 有顷 | yǒu qǐng | shortly thereafter / for a moment | |
| 成败在此一举 | chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ | win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine | |
| 危如累卵 | wēi rú lěi luǎn | precarious as pile of eggs (idiom) / ready to fall and break at any moment / in a dangerous state | |
| 乘人不备 | chéng rén bù bèi | to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise | |
| 天有不测风云 | tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún | fortune as unpredictable as the weather (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment | |
| 姑置勿论 | gū zhì wù lùn | (idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment | |
| 情急智生 | qíng jí zhì shēng | inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom) / also written 情急之下 | |
| 生死关头 | shēng sǐ guān tóu | the critical moment / life and death crisis | |
| 藏器待时 | cáng qì dài shí | to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom) / to lie low and await the opportune moment | |
| 今朝有酒今朝醉 | jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì | to live in the moment (idiom) / to live every day as if it were one's last / to enjoy while one can | |
| 相机而动 | xiàng jī ér dòng | to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom) | |
| 每时每刻 | měi shí měi kè | at all times / at every moment | |
| 紧要关头 | jǐn yào guān tóu | urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture | |
| 到那个时候 | dào nà gè shí hòu | until this moment | |
| 药到病除 | yào dào bìng chú | lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom) / fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results / (of a solution or method) highly effective | |
| 中心矩 | zhōng xīn jǔ | (statistics) central moment | |
| 磁矩 | cí jǔ | magnetic moment | |
| 转动惯量 | zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng | moment of inertia (mechanics) | |
| 力偶 | lì ǒu | moment of forces (mechanics) | |
| 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福 | tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú | fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment | |
| 夹当 | jiā dāng | crucial moment / critical time | |
| 情急之下 | qíng jí zhī xià | in a moment of desperation | |
| 拈指 | niān zhǐ | a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 时刻准备 | shí kè zhǔn bèi | ready at any moment | |
| 真心话大冒险 | Zhēn xīn huà Dà Mào xiǎn | The Moment of Truth (TV show) / Truth or Dare (game) | |
| 才然 | cái rán | just recently / just a moment ago / just now | |
| 这咱 | zhè zán | now / at this moment | |
| 适间 | shì jiān | just now / just a moment ago | |
| 闪电式结婚 | shǎn diàn shì jié hūn | lightning wedding / to get married on the spur of the moment / abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚 | |
| 顷之 | qǐng zhī | in a moment / shortly after | |
| 食顷 | shí qǐng | a short moment | |
| 控制力距陀螺 | control moment gyroscope | | |
| 事机 | shì jī | confidential aspects of a matter / secrets / key moment for action | |
| 惜寸阴 | xī cùn yīn | to cherish every moment / to make good use of one's time | |
| 眼皮子底下 | yǎn pí zi dǐ xià | right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment | |
| 一不小心 | yī bù xiǎo xīn | to be a little bit careless / to have a moment of inattentiveness / accidentally | |
| 雪藏 | xuě cáng | to keep sth in cold storage / (fig.) to suspend a performer or sports player (as punishment) / to keep sb or sth out of sight until the right moment (e.g. a key player on a sports team) | |
| 火候 | huǒ hou | heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment | |
| 在千钧一发之际 | zài qiān jūn - yī fà zhī jì | at the critical moment / in the nick of time | |
| 每分每秒 | měi fēn - měi miǎo | each and every moment | |
