Chinese symbol for “twinkling”
瞬息
shùn xī
in a flash; twinkling; ephemeral
The closest CC-CEDICT match for twinkling is 瞬息 (shùn xī), defined as: in a flash; twinkling; ephemeral.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “twinkling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荧 (熒) | yíng | a glimmer; glimmering |
| 荧荧 (熒熒) | yíng yíng | a glimmer; twinkling (of stars, phosphorescence, candlelight) |
| 嘒 | huì | shrill sound; twinkling |
| 𥆧息 (瞤息) | shùn xī | in a flash; twinkling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瞬息.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 一瞬 | yī shùn | one instant; very short time |
| 瞬息万变 (瞬息萬變) | shùn xī wàn biàn | in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change |
| 转瞬即逝 (轉瞬即逝) | zhuǎn shùn jí shì | (idiom) fleeting; transitory |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
See also: Japanese symbol for “twinkling”.
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.