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
- 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.
- 他有一些好朋友。 Tā yǒu yìxiē hǎo péngyou. He has some good friends.
- 一些人在说话。 Yìxiē rén zài shuōhuà. Some people are talking.
- 妈妈做了一些包子。 Māma zuòle yìxiē bāozi. Mom made some baozi.
- 桌子上放着一些书。 Zhuōzi shang fàngzhe yìxiē shū. There are some books lying on the table.
- 你想喝一些热水吗？ Nǐ xiǎng hē yìxiē rè shuǐ ma? Do you want to drink some hot water?
- 请给我拿一些本子。 Qǐng gěi wǒ ná yìxiē běnzi. Please bring me some notebooks.
- 商店里有一些新衣服。 Shāngdiàn lǐ yǒu yìxiē xīn yīfu. There are some new clothes in the shop.
- 王明拿了一些钱。 Wáng Míng nále yìxiē qián. Wang Ming took some money.
- 这里有一些外国学生。 Zhèlǐ yǒu yìxiē wàiguó xuésheng. There are some foreign students here.
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
- 不一定 bù yídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while
- 一部分 yí bùfen one part