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一旦

一旦

Chinese

		one; 1; single one; 1; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	dawn; morning; day-break dawn; morning; day-break; day
simp. and trad. (一旦)		一	旦

Adverb

一旦

(Advanced Mandarin) one day (all of a sudden); all at once; in a single day
(Advanced Mandarin) once; as soon as

See also

一……就…… (yījiù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	旦
いち > いっ Grade: 1	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

Adverb

一旦 ‎(hiragana いったん, romaji ittan)

Noun

一旦 ‎(hiragana いったん, romaji ittan)

one time

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīdàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄉㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ daan³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-tán
Min Nan (POJ): it-tàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīdàn [Phonetic: yídàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄉㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idann
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ta̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ daan³
  - Yale: yāt daan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ daan³
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tɑːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-tán
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` dan`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ dan³
  - IPA: /it̚² tan³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-tán
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` dan`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ dan³
  - IPA: /(j)it̚² tan³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-tàn
  - Tâi-lô: it-tàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itdaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tan²¹/