一刻
Meanings
- a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes
- a moment; an instant
Its characters
In sentences
现在是八点一刻。It's a quarter past eight. #410466
那一刻,时间仿佛静止了。At that moment, time seemed to stand still. #10269023
他到了最后的一刻才取消了约会。He canceled the appointment at the last moment. #735396
我没法告诉你我等这一刻等了多久。I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this. #14037678
我们九点上课,可是他九点一刻才来。We start class at nine o'clock, but he didn’t come until quarter past. #838505
我希望可以更紧张我的成绩,但是似乎在我生命的某一刻,我决定它将不再那么重要了。I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore. #334698