Verbing briefly with "yixia"
To express that a verb is carried out briefly or a little bit, you can add 一下 after it. The structure is:
Subject + Verb + 一下 + Object
Some examples:
- 你 看 一下。
- 我 听 一下 音乐。
- 他们 说 一下 话。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (pp. 126) →buy
