一 (yī)
One; a; single; as soon as.
How 一 is written
- Strokes
- 1
- Traditional
- 一
- Simplified
- 一 (unchanged)
Common words using 一
- 一下 yīxià
- (used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try); one time
- 一起 yīqǐ
- in the same place; together; with
- 一一 yīyī
- one by one; one after another
- 一下子 yīxiàzi
- in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden
- 一些 yīxiē
- some; a few; a little
- 一切 yīqiè
- everything; every; all
- 一半 yībàn
- half
- 一同 yītóng
- along; together
- 一呼百應 yīhūbǎiyìng
- a hundred answers to a single call (idiom); to respond en masse
- 一大早 yīdàzǎo
- at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning
- 一如既往 yīrújìwǎng
- just as in the past (idiom); as before; continuing as always
- 一定 yīdìng
- surely; certainly; necessarily
一 in a sentence
我想要一杯珍珠奶茶。
Wǒ xiǎng yào yì bēi zhēnzhū nǎichá.
“I would like a cup of bubble tea.”
How common is 一?
一 is the 2nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 5.7% of all running text.
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