"Twinkling" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 闪烁 | shǎn shuò | flickering / twinkling / evasive / vague (of speech) |   |
| 瞬息 | shùn xī | in a flash / twinkling / ephemeral | |
| 荧荧 | yíng yíng | a glimmer / twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight) / flickering light | |
| 荧 |  yíng | a glimmer / glimmering / twinkling / fluorescence / phosphorescence / perplexed / dazzled and confused / planet Mars (arch.) | |
| 嘒 | huì | shrill sound / twinkling | |
| 瞤息 | shùn xī | in a flash / twinkling / ephemeral | |
| 𥆧息 | shùn xī | in a flash / twinkling / ephemeral | |
| 刹那 | chà nà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana) / split second / the twinkling of an eye | |
| 眨眼 | zhǎ yǎn | to blink / to wink / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 转瞬 | zhuǎn shùn | in the twinkling of an eye / in a flash / to turn one's eyes | |
| 弹指 | tán zhǐ | a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 刹时 | chà shí | in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 转脸 | zhuǎn liǎn | to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 弹指之间 | tán zhǐ zhī jiān | a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in an instant / in a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 一弹指顷 | yī tán zhǐ qǐng | a snap of the fingers (idiom) / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 拈指 | niān zhǐ | a snap of the fingers / a short moment / in a flash / in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 瞬霎 | shùn shà | in a blink / in a twinkling | |
| 转眼即逝 | zhuǎn yǎn jí shì | to pass in an instant / over in the twinkling of an eye | |
