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一
yī
Main
English Definitionone; 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
Simplified Script一
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinyī, also pr. yāo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jat1
Part of Speech(副) adverb, (数) numeral
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=1

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Words With Same Head Word    
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
一样yīyàngsame; like; equal to; the same as; just like
一共yīgòngaltogether
一点点yī diǎndiǎna little bit
Words With Same Tail Word    
万一wànyījust in case; if by any chance; contingency
统一tǒngyīto unify; to unite; to integrate
唯一wéiyīonly; sole
一一yīyīone by one; one after another
之一zhīyīone of (something); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
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