粵

轉zyun2眼ngaan5

simp转眼
zyun2 ngaan5zhuǎn yǎn

English

  1. in a flash
  2. in the blink of an eye
  3. to glance
  4. in the blink of an eye; in an instant; in a flash

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 快到好似淨係眨咗一下眼咁,指時間過得好快

Examples

  • 他一转眼就跑了。

    He left in the blink of an eye.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 转眼又过了一个十年。

    Another ten years flew by.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 轉眼又一年喇。

    Another year has passed in a blink of an eye.

  • 佢頭先仲坐喺度㗎,轉眼就唔見咗佢。

    He was just sitting here, but in a flash, he was gone.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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