A while / in a moment with 一会儿

Structure Verb + 一会儿 · 一会儿 + Verb

一会儿 (yīhuìr) means "a little while". After the verb it marks the short duration of the action: 等一会儿 = "wait a moment". Before the verb (often with 就) it means "in a bit": 我一会儿就来 = "I’ll be right there". Very colloquial.

Examples

请qǐng等děng一yī会huì儿r。
Please wait a moment.
我wǒ一yī会huì儿r就jiù来lái。
I’ll be right there.
休xiū息xi一yī会huì儿r吧ba。
Take a short break.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

This point and the other 370, with audio on every example, inside Wanyu.