一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一点儿
yìdiǎnr
a little, a bit
Characters in this word
点 diǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 占 to divine 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- Made of
- 丿 slash 乚 secret, hidden, mysterious
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我会说一点儿汉语。 Wǒ huì shuō yìdiǎnr Hànyǔ. I can speak a little Chinese.
- 我有一点儿累。 Wǒ yǒu yìdiǎnr lèi. I'm a little tired.
- 请给我一点儿水。 Qǐng gěi wǒ yìdiǎnr shuǐ. Please give me a little water.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 地点 dìdiǎn place, location
- 点 diǎn o'clock; dot; a little
- 儿子 érzi son