一
yīTraditional: 一
HSK 1
#145 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
one, a single
Stroke order
一
Examples
。
Give me one.
。
Once a day.
。
There is only one person.
杯。
Please give me a glass of water.
句。
He did not say a single word.
一 (yī) means one, a single. It is used as a numeral in everyday Mandarin speech.
Related words
Appears in 28 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 一.
一个yí gèone (with general measure word)一起yì qǐtogether, with each other一下yí xiàa moment, once, briefly一样yí yàngsame, alike, equally一定yí dìngcertainly, definitely, must一直yì zhíalways, continuously, all along一切yí qièeverything, all, every一点yì diǎna little, a bit一些yì xiēsome, a few一次yí cìonce, one time一個yí gèone, a single item; one individual一天yì tiānone day, all day唯一wéi yīthe only one, unique, sole一种yì zhǒnga kind of, a sort of, a type of一件yí jiànone (piece/item/matter)第一次dì yī cìthe first time一位yí wèione (person, polite counter)一只yì zhīone (animal or single-of-paired item)一条yì tiáoone (long or thin item, measure word)一年yì niánone year, a year一场yī chǎngone game, one match, one round一份yī fènone portion, one copy第一dì yīthe first, number one一樣yī yàngsame, alike, the same as之一zhī yīone of一张yì zhāngone (sheet, flat object)第一个dì yī gèthe first one一名yì míngone (person, of a profession)
Used in
Grammar articles
- Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
- Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
- Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
- Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
- Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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