HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

一旦

yídàn

in case (sth happens)

HSK 5

Meaning of 一旦 in English

yídànHSK 5adverbSyllabus #3354
  1. in case (sth happens)
  2. if
  3. once (sth happens, then...)
  4. when
  5. in a short time
  6. in one day

Example sentences

  1. 你一旦不做个乖孩子,圣诞老人就不会来噢。
    nǐ yí dàn bù zuò gè guāi hái zi, shèng dàn lǎo rén jiù bú huì lái ō。
    If you don't behave, Santa won't come.
    Tatoeba #5100254 by mirrorvan · #4525582 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 坏习惯一旦被养成,便不能简单地改正。
    huài xí guàn yí dàn bèi yǎng chéng, biàn bù néng jiǎn dān dì gǎi zhèng。
    Once you've formed a bad habit, you can't get rid of it easily.
    Tatoeba #2029413 by ydcok · #1392882 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 坏习惯一旦被养成,便不能简单地改正。
    huài xí guàn yí dàn bèi yǎng chéng, biàn bù néng jiǎn dān dì gǎi zhèng。
    Once you have formed a bad habit, you can't get rid of it easily.
    Tatoeba #2029413 by ydcok · #66240 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences