- 1. a little while
- ♦ 咱们歇~。 Let's rest for a while.
- 2. in a moment; presently
- ♦ 我~就来。 I'll be coming in a moment. or I won't be a minute.
- ♦ ~地上就积起了一层雪。 Soon the ground was covered with a layer of snow.
- 3. now...now...; one moment...the next...
- ♦ 天气~晴~阴。 The weather is now clear, now cloudy.