一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一起
yìqǐ
together
Characters in this word
起 qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们一起去学校。 Wǒmen yìqǐ qù xuéxiào. We go to school together.
- 他们一起回家了。 Tāmen yìqǐ huí jiā le. They went home together.
- 我想跟你一起玩儿。 Wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ yìqǐ wánr. I want to play with you.
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)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)