one; a, an; alone

DEFINITIONS

一 yī
  • one
  • 1
  • single
  • a (article)
  • as soon as
  • entire
  • whole
  • all
  • throughout
  • "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  • also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

STROKES

WORDS

千零夜 yī qiān líng yī yè The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
半天 yī bàn tiān in a day or two; soon
卡通 yī kǎ tōng Yikatong (Beijing public transport smart card)
去不回 yī qù bù huí gone forever
去不復返 yī qù bù fù fǎn gone forever
去无影踪 yī qù wú yǐng zōng gone without a trace
去無影蹤 yī qù wú yǐng zōng gone without a trace
反常態 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic; entirely outside the norm; out of character
反往常 yī fǎn wǎng cháng contrary to usual; unlike what usually happens
口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
口吃不成胖子 yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. learn to walk before you run
口吃个胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success
口吃個胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success
口氣 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
口气儿 yī kǒu qì r erhua variant of 一口氣|一口气[yi1 kou3 qi4]
口氣兒 yī kǒu qì r erhua variant of 一口氣|一口气[yi1 kou3 qi4]
古腦兒 yī gǔ nǎo r variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yi1 gu3 nao3 r5]
句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence
句话 yī jù huà in a word; in short
句話 yī jù huà in a word; in short
吐為快 yī tǔ wéi kuài to get sth off one's chest
周 yī zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
呼百應 yī hū bǎi yìng a hundred answers to a single call (idiom); to respond en masse
呼百诺 yī hū bǎi nuò one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
呼百諾 yī hū bǎi nuò one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call