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一旦 (yī dàn): meaning and stroke order

一旦 (yī dàn) means in case (sth happens), if, once (sth happens, then...), when, in a short time, in one day.

一旦

Simplified
一旦
Traditional
一旦 (same form)
Pinyin
yī dàn

Stroke order of 一旦

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

旦

  • dàn (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一旦

  1. yī dàn
    • in case (sth happens)
    • if
    • once (sth happens, then...)
    • when
    • in a short time
    • in one day

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
旦
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 5 strokes · 日 on top, 一 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一旦 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 她渐渐明白，挪威人的“冷”，其实是一种对别人空间的尊重；而一旦走近，他们的热情一点儿也不少。

    tā jiànjiàn míngbai Nuówēi rén de lěng qíshí shì yì zhǒng duì biérén kōngjiān de zūnzhòng ér yídàn zǒujìn tāmen de rèqíng yìdiǎnr yě bù shǎo

    She gradually understood that Norwegians' "coldness" was really a kind of respect for other people's space, and that once you got close, their warmth was not one bit less.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 下到七千九百米的营地，用了整整九个小时。他们都清楚，一旦天黑了还没到营地，三个人就都会冻死在路上。

    xià dào qīqiānjiǔbǎi mǐ de yíngdì yòng le zhěngzhěng jiǔ gè xiǎoshí tāmen dōu qīngchu yídàn tiān hēi le hái méi dào yíngdì sān gè rén jiù dōu huì dòngsǐ zài lùshang

    Getting down to the camp at 7,900 metres took nine full hours. They all knew that if darkness fell before they reached camp, all three would freeze to death on the way.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 一旦

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).