(yī) - one, a single in Mandarin
yīTraditional: 一
Translation
one, a single
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Word origin
一 (yī) means 'one'. It is a simple indicative character: a single horizontal stroke standing for the number one, among the most basic of all Chinese characters.
- Origin
- ideograph (simple indicative)
- Root
- 一, a single stroke denoting 'one'
Stroke order
一
Examples
。
Give me one.
。
Once a day.
。
There is only one person.
。
Please give me a glass of water.
。
He did not say a single word.
一 (yī) means one, a single. It is used as a numeral in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 22 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 一.
Used in
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 1: 一, 的, 我 and 10 more words.