nico

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From :   Nicolas Vanegas

Date : 2009-07-23 / 09:00AM

你好benny 你好吗?,我需要知道 if (一下)yixia mean with you? or what’s the exact meaning of yixia? well i wait the answer soon,好的, 再见

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-07-23 / 10:07AM

hi Nicolas,

一下 is used to indicate a short amount time of an “action”. We usually put after verb. It doesn’t have any exact meaning.

For example: 看一下 = have a look, 等一下 = wait a little bit, 听一下 = have a listen (shortly)

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