HSK 2 grammar · pattern
一下
Verb + 一下 — briefly / softener
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
一下 after a verb means to do it briefly or a little, and softens a request so it sounds casual and polite.
Examples
请等一下。
Qǐng děng yíxià.
Please wait a moment.
我看一下。
Wǒ kàn yíxià.
Let me take a look.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 一下 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.