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HSK 5
HSK 6
一
yī
1.
one
2.
1
3.
single
4.
a (article)
5.
as soon as
6.
entire
7.
whole
8.
all
9.
throughout
10.
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
11.
also pr. <yāo> for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一斑
yībān
lit. one spot (on the leopard)
一概
yīgài
all
一带
yīdài
region
一排
yīpái
row
一早
yīzǎo
early in the morning
一月
Yīyuè
January
一审
yīshěn
first instance (law)
一层
yīcéng
layer
一心
yīxīn
wholeheartedly
一打
yīdá
dozen
一方
yīfāng
a party (in a contract or legal case)
一旦
yīdàn
in case (sth happens)
一更
yīgēng
first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)
一会
yīhuì
a moment
一品
yīpǐn
superb
一家
yījiā
the whole family
一对
yīduì
couple
一局
yījú
inning
一度
yīdù
for a time
一径
yījìng
directly
Example Sentences (10)
听说你男朋友李进跟你是一个学校的，是你同学吗？
Tīngshuō nǐ nán péngyou Lǐ Jìn gēn nǐ shì yí ge xuéxiào de, shì nǐ tóngxué ma?
I heard your boyfriend Li Jin is from the same school as you. Is he your classmate?
Text 1
时间过得真快，新的一年快要到了！
Shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài, xīn de yì nián kuài yào dào le!
Time flies, the new year is almost here!
Text 2
还差一双筷子，你去拿一下。
Hái chà yì shuāng kuàizi, nǐ qù ná yíxià.
We're still short a pair of chopsticks; go get one.
Text 3
我是一个中学老师，教学生画画儿。
wǒ shì yí gè zhōngxué lǎoshī,jiāo xuéshēng huà huàr.
I am a middle school teacher and teach students to draw.
Text 4
很远，坐公共汽车要一个多小时呢！
Hěn yuǎn,zuò gōng gòng qì chē yào yí gè duō xiǎo shí ne!
It’s very far; it takes over an hour by bus!
Text 3
你们这儿是不是有一个又年轻又漂亮的服务员？
Nǐmen zhèr shì bú shì yǒu yí gè yòu niánqīng yòu piàoliang de fúwùyuán?
Is there a young and pretty server here?
Text 4
手机、电脑、地图，一个也不能少。
shǒujī,diànnǎo,dìtú,yí gè yě bù néng shǎo.
Phone, computer, and map—not a single one can be missing.
Text 4
是的，他学的是新闻，我学的是法律，我和他不是一个班。
Shì de, tā xué de shì xīnwén, wǒ xué de shì fǎlǜ, wǒ hé tā bú shì yí gè bān.
Yes, he studies journalism; I study law; he and I are not in the same class.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1
- Word Frequency Rank
- 14 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 1