Verbing briefly with "yixia"

Structure

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

Examples

• 你 看 一下。
• 请 你 读 一下。
• 我 听 一下 音乐。
• 你 尝 一下 这 个 菜。

See also

• Verb reduplication with yi
• Verb reduplication

Sources and further reading

Books

• Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 126) →buy