Chinese symbol for “fleeting”
转瞬即逝
zhuǎn shùn jí shì
Traditional: 轉瞬即逝
(idiom) fleeting; transitory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fleeting is 转瞬即逝 (zhuǎn shùn jí shì), defined as: (idiom) fleeting; transitory.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fleeting”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忽忽 | hū hū | fleeting (of quick passage time); in a flash |
| 浮云 (浮雲) | fú yún | floating clouds; fleeting |
| 短促 | duǎn cù | short in time; fleeting |
| 电光石火 (電光石火) | diàn guāng shí huǒ | (idiom) in a flash; fleeting; momentary |
| 稍纵即逝 (稍縱即逝) | shāo zòng jí shì | transient; fleeting |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 转瞬即逝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 转化 (轉化) | zhuǎn huà | to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform |
| 转向 (轉向) | zhuǎn xiàng | to change direction; fig. to change one's stance |
| 瞬间 (瞬間) | shùn jiān | in an instant; in a flash |
| 一瞬间 (一瞬間) | yī shùn jiān | split second |
| 瞬时 (瞬時) | shùn shí | instantaneous |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 逝世 | shì shì | to pass away; to die |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fleeting”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.