Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zàn
English
- temporary
- temporary
- Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
- of a short period; temporary; provisional
- temporarily
- for the time being
粵語
- 一段短時間內
- 臨時、暫時性質
- 到現時為止
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 暫
- 暫時zaam6 si4
temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 短暫dyun2 zaam6
of short duration; brief; momentary
- 暫停zaam6 ting4
to suspend
- 暫緩zaam6 wun6
to postpone
- 暫且zaam6 ce2
for now; for the time being; temporarily
- 暫定zaam6 ding6
temporary arrangement
- 現暫jin6 zaam6
(adverb) temporarily now…
- 暫短zaam6 dyun2
brief (in time)
- 暫態zaam6 taai3
transient
- 暫息zaam6 sik1
a lull (in the storm)
- 暫行zaam6 hang4
provisional
- 暫牙zaam6 ngaa4
- 暫缺zaam6 kyut3
currently in short supply
- 暫擱zaam6 gok3
to put aside temporarily; to put on hold
- 暫停鍵zaam6 ting4 gin6
pause button
- 暫住證zaam6 zyu6 zing3
temporary residence permit
- 人生短暫jan4 sang1 dyun2 zaam6
- 暫時嗟zaam6 si4 ze1
- 暫亂歌柄zaam6 lyun6 go1 beng3
to interrupt somebody during their speech or conversation; literally: to interrupt a song
- 暫時歇業zaam6 si4 hit3 jip6
- 睡眠呼吸暫停seoi6 min4 fu1 kap1 zaam6 ting4
sleep apnea