1 a moment

2 a while

3 in a moment

4 now...now...

5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]

1 girl

2 servant girl

3 (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)

1 one's employment

2 business

3 matter that needs to be settled

4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding

5 trying

6 troublesome

7 erhua variant: 事 shì

8 classifier: 件 jiàn

9 classifier: 桩 zhuāng

1 figurine

1 (coll.) today

1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)

2 fig. at a total loss

1 lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day

2 frequently

1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)

2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities

3 a being of formidable powers

1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)

2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)