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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
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Radical: 一 (#1)
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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 all 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.]
下次一樣 粵
"Next time, (you do it) the same way" [eg: when showing someone the correct way to do something.]
點解一加一等於「王」？ 粵
why does one plus one equal '王'? [This is a well known riddle, the character 王 being composed of two 一 characters at the top and bottom with a + in the middle!]
一粒荔枝三把火。 粵
A lychee carries 'three fire'. [This references the Chinese concept of 'internal body heat' - '熱氣'. Lychees are said to be a very '熱氣' kind of fruit and this may be said with the term 'three fire'.]
不要跟他一般見識! 國
don't lower yourself to their level! [lit. don't follow them in being so common/basic/primitive]
我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗 粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here. [Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲地方幾好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... some parts were okay. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have place (note: this is a figurative use of place) quite good watch.]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有啲啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good. [I yesterday see-already [counter] film, have little-little good-watch]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，有一啲好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday... it was average. [I yesterday see-already one film, have little-bit good watch.]
近排我一直都捱夜加班 粵
Recently I've been staying up late, doing overtime non-stop. [Lit. recently I always also stay-up-late do-overtime.]
我對呢一點好有自信 粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it. [Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]
呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀 粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours! [Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]
我琴晚睇咗一套感人嘅戲 粵
I saw a moving film yesterday evening. [Lit. I yesterday evening see-already one [counter] moving [possessive particle] film.]
佢哋終於喺返埋一齊 粵
In the end they got back together again. [終於 here implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]
佢哋卒之喺返埋一齊 粵
In the end they got back together again. [卒之, as with 終於, implies that the event of them getting back together happened a while ago (maybe a year or two) and that you've only just found out.]
佢哋最後喺返埋一齊 粵
They recently got back together. [最後 implies something that happened recently - in this context, probably days or at most a month.]
馬鞍山站係一個架空車站 粵
Ma On Shan MTR Station is an elevated rail station. [架空 means elevated rail (as opposed to underground).]
噴泉前面有一隻好靚嘅黑色貓 粵
There's a beautiful cat in front of the fountain. [Lit. fountain front-face have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] black-colour cat.]
噴泉側邊有一隻好靚嘅白色狗仔 粵
There's a beautiful white puppy beside the fountain. [Lit. fountain side have one [counter] beautiful [possessive particle] white-colour dog-child]
〝先進〞係咩詞性呀？／係一個形容詞 粵
What part of speech does "先進" belong to? / It's an adjective. [Lit. "advanced" is what part-of-speech [particle]? / is one [counter] adjective.]
連一秒我都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. even one second I also not-allowed waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
我一秒都唔可以嘥 粵
I can't waste even a second. [Lit. I one second also cannot waste Std. Chinese: 我不可以浪費每一秒]
佢乜嘢都怕，正一個冇膽鬼 粵
He's scared of everything, he's a real coward. [Lit. He what also scared, exactly one [counter] coward. Alternatively (and more simply): 佢乜嘢都怕，真係個冇膽鬼]
冇咗一對手，你就唔可以用筷子 粵 ?!
Now that you've lost both your hands, you can't use chopsticks any more. [Lit. don't-have already one pair hands, you then cannot use chopsticks. (Originally transcribed as 冇咗一隻手，你就唔可以用鍊金術... but 鍊金術 is hardly a useful word for learners.)]
一啲都唔熱嘅 粵
You call this hot? It's not hot at all! [Lit. one bit also not hot [particle]. This is an idiomatic pattern that indicates emphatic negation of the adjective.]
我每一年染兩次髮 粵
I dye my hair twice a year. [Lit. I each one year dye two times hair. Note how the verb and object are split up by the frequency phrase.]
就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。 粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]
搵日一齊食飯啦。 粵
Let's have lunch together some day. [The Cantonese word order 搵日 (some day) 一齊 (together) 食飯 (have lunch) 啦 (let's) is the exact opposite of the English version.]
前日佢哋一齊食咗兩餐飯。 粵
They took their meal twice together the day before yesterday. [Here, 餐 is [i]not[/i] a classifier that modifies the noun 飯. It is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 食.]
漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。 國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.
一講曹操 曹操就到 ?!
PLEASE DELETE AND RECREATE AS A COMPOUND (IDIOM), AS PER http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,92526,92538#msg-92538 Speak of the devil (and he shall appear). [PLEASE DELETE AND RECREATE AS A COMPOUND (IDIOM), AS PER http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,92526,92538#msg-92538 Note that this is a rough translation "曹操" is actually a famous Chinese general and NOT a translation for the devil.]
兜咗一個大緙。 粵
Move in a big round circle. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,135490,135494#msg-135494]
吸煙危害健康, 只要每日一枝, 已經足以致命
Smoking is very harmful; as long as you smoke one cigarette a day, it's enough to cause death
畀我就一早收綫唔同佢嗲咁耐！ 粵
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long. [Literally: 畀我就 - If I was in the situation, 一早收綫 - (I) would have hung up right at the outset 唔同佢嗲 - (and) wouldn't have talked with her 咁耐! - so long!]
園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。 國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)
佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?
這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！ 國
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.
佢近來怪怪哋，一時就笑口吟吟，一時就鼓埋泡腮 粵
She has been acting a little strange lately, one moment she is smiling sweetly, next moment she is grumpy
要成功就要一步一步嚟，千祈要切忌太急進 粵
Take things one step at a time; avoid being rash and hasty if you want to succeed.
唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷 粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.
人一世物一世,出嚟旅行乜都應該試下 粵
Live the moment and enjoy life, when travelling, one should try out and experience everything.
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫 粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.
一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!
你做初一我做十五
tit for tat, an eye for an eye [Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]]
靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢 粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards
舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興㗎喇。 粵
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.
當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感 粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.
請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each.
件事講起嚟真係一疋布咁長。 粵
It's a long incident/story to talk about. [the story is so long to talk about as if it's as long as a full roll of fabric.]
你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？ 粵
You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish? [Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?]
你同你嘅另一半有幾夾？ 粵
How compatible are you and your partner? [[Lit.] How compatible are you and your other half?]
我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future. [加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]
如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。 粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter. [In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]
原來係噉，反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you! [Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]
我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面 粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago. [Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台 粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio. [Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]
佢戴著一頂頭盔，但係一啲都唔型 粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look good on him at all. [Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however a little bit also not stylish. 一啲都唔［adjective] is a useful construction to mean "not at all..."]
我琴日睇咗一套戲，但係一啲都唔好睇 粵
I saw a film yesterday, and boy did it suck. [Lit. I yesterday see-already [counter] film, however one little bit also not good-watch.]
首先係一般情報 粵
First of all, we have some (new) information. [Lit. first is one [counter] piece-of-intelligence]
唔使幾耐，你就可以睇到一出精彩嘅好戲 粵
In due course, you'll see a spectacular display. [Lit. in good time, you then can see-arrive one [counter] brilliant [possessive particle] play. 不消多久=唔使幾耐]
佢不可一世，佢份人真係好大鼻 粵
He thinks he's the best in the world... he's really arrogant. [second half: he personality really arrogant.]
呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事 粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark. [Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]
有一部分更加係設有獨立冷氣 粵
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner. [Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]
真係令人好懷念，一個世紀之後你又返嚟啦 粵
We've really missed you while you've been gone the last 100 years. [Lit. really make-people very miss-you, one century afterwards again return come [particle] This is being said to someone who's lived several hundred years (specifically Greed from Full Metal Alchemist).]
你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸 粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty. [Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]
佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴 粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.
可唔可以解釋一下點解妳會無端端被人拉呢？ 粵
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason? [Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]
租金係,等我諗諗先,噢係嘞,總共萬一文。 粵
The rent is, just let me get it right, oh yes, 11,000 dollars altogether. [The speaker uses some discourse markers to make a reply.]
佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。 粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter. [起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]
機會一錯過﹐就永遠唔會返嚟。 粵
Once an opportunity slips away, it is gone for good. [For details on '一 + V + 就' pattern, see http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,130226,130243#msg-130243]
我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。 喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。 粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together
自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。 粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]
一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易 粵
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.
大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。 粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated. 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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