一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一些
yìxiē
some, a few
Characters in this word
些 xiē
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 二 — two
- Made of
- 此 this, these 二 two
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我买了一些水果。 Wǒ mǎi le yìxiē shuǐguǒ. I bought some fruit.
- 请你买一些菜。 Qǐng nǐ mǎi yìxiē cài. Please buy some vegetables.
- 一些人在说话。 Yìxiē rén zài shuōhuà. Some people are talking.
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
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 哪些 nǎxiē which ones
- 那些 nàxiē those
- 有些 yǒuxiē some; somewhat