片刻 - Moment - Traditional Chinese word mnemonic

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moment

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片

slice

刻

to carve

pian4ke4 • piànkè

moment

instant

A small 片 slice that is 刻 carved out of time is called a 片刻 moment.

請等我片刻。

Please wait for me a moment.

他想了片刻，才開口。

He thought for a moment before speaking.

雨停了片刻，又下了起來。

The rain stopped for a moment, then started again.