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一些
yìxiē
(after tone sandhi)
Main
English Definitionsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
Simplified Script一些
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinyīxiē
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
yìxiē
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄧ ㄒㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping)jat1se1
Part of Speech(量) measure word
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1 TOCFL=2
Word Decomposition
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
xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

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Words With Same Head Word    
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
一点yīdiǎna bit; a little; one dot; one point
Words With Same Tail Word    
这些zhèxiēthese
那些nàxiēthose
哪些nǎxiēwhich ones?; who?; what?
有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat
某些mǒuxiēsome; certain (things)
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