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  • 1

    num.one; 1

    • wǒ mǎi le yī běn shū

      I bought a book.

    • zhè shì yī pǐ mǎ

      This is a horse.

    • wǒ qù guò nà r yī liǎng cì

      那儿

      I have been there once or twice.

  • 2

    num.same

    • zán men shì yī jiā rén

      咱们

      We are of the same family.

    • yì jiàn bù yī

      意见

      Opinions differ.

    • wǒ men zuò yī tàng chē

      我们

      We rode on the same train.

  • 3

    num.whole; all; throughout

    • wǒ yī tiān dōu bù zài jiā

      I won't be home all day.

    • tā chī le mǎn mǎn yī wǎn fàn

      He ate a full bowl of rice.

    • tā men yóu yǒng yóu le yī xià wǔ

      他们游泳下午

      They swam all afternoon.

  • 4

    adv.fml(used before a verb or a verbal measure to indicate an action to be followed by a result)

    • nǐ huì dà xué yī bì yè jiù jié hūn ma

      大学毕业结婚

      Will you get married as soon as one leaves university?

    • tiān yī liàng tā men jiù xià dì gàn huó qù le

      他们下地干活

      At dawn they started off to work in the fields.

    • wǒ men yī yǒu jī huì jiù bàn

      我们机会

      We will do it as soon as we have an opportunity to.

  • 5

    num.concentrated; whole-hearted; pure

    • yī xīn yī yì

      heart and soul; wholeheartedly

    • zhuān xīn yī yì

      专心

      single-minded; concentrated

    • zhuān yī

      single-minded

  • 6

    num.another; also

    • cháng jiāng yī míng yáng zǐ jiāng

      长江扬子江

      Yangtze is another name for the Changjiang River.

    • fān qié yī míng xī hóng shì

      番茄西红柿

      "Fanqie"(tomato) is also called "xihongshi" in Chinese.

  • 7

    num.(used in the middle of a reduplicated verb meaning a little, slightly)

    • děng yī děng

      Please wait a bit!

    • ràng wǒ wén yī wén

      Let me smell it.

    • kàn yī kàn

      have a look

  • 8

    adv.(used before a verb or an adjective, indicating the suddenness or thoroughness of an action or a change in the situation)

    • dà chī yī jīng

      be startled

  • 9

    n.yi (note of the scale in gongchepu, corresponding to 7 in numbered musical notation)

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  • prefix used to add emphasis to a word or phrase; a surname
  • one