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[1] [numeral/article] one; a; an; the [2] [adj] same; whole; all; throughout [3] [pron] each; certain; another [4] [adv] once; as soon as (as short for 一旦) [5] [adv] a little; slightly [6] [adv] suddenly; completely Pinyin yi1 is standard reading, but changes tone to yi4 before characters of tones 1, 2, 3, and to yi2 before characters of tone 4.
Default PoS: 壹 is a variant of 一, the "full form" of 一, used in certain formal settings such as when dealing with currency.  Additional PoS:    Stroke count: 1
Level: 1
Radical: 一 (#1)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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唔理三七廿一
m4 lei5 saam1 cat1 je6 jat1 = reject an objection to a course of action, “I don’t care”; regardless, irrespective 粵
曇花一現
taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6 = lit. the night blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived
一百
jat1 baak3 = one hundred
一生
jat1 sang1 = lifetime, lifespan, a whole life
星期一
sing1 kei4 jat1 = Monday
十一月
sap6 jat1 jyut6 = November
一月
jat1 jyut6 = January
一下
jat1 haa5 = awhile; once
一啲
jat1 di1 = some, a little 粵
一文
jat1 man1 = one dollar; one yuan 粵See all 887 compounds (CantoDict reports 940 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 172 examples containing 一
我買咗一梳蕉 粵
I bought a hand of bananas. [Lit. I buy already one hand bananas. ['Hand' is another term for 'bunch'.]]
我一點喺灣仔食晏。 粵
I have lunch in Wanchai at 1:00 p.m. ["People + time + place + action" is one of the most common sentence patterns in Cantonese.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 一
Unicode code for this character: U+4e00 (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 一
Unicode code for this character: U+4e00 (off-site link)
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