while /hwail/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
Chinese translation
- n. 一会儿, (一段)时间
- conj. 当...的时候, 虽然
- vt. 消磨
Word details
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- Pronunciation
- /hwail/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao
- Frequency
- Zipf 5.86 · Common
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