片刻

Traditional form:

片刻

Pinyin (reading):

piànkè

Definitions:

• short period of time
• a moment

Characters:

• 片 - slice, splinter; page, strip
• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment

Traditional characters:

• 片 - slice, splinter; page, strip
• 刻 - to carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment