一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一点点
yìdiǎndiǎn
a tiny 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
Example phrases
- 我会一点点。 Wǒ huì yìdiǎndiǎn. I can do a tiny bit.
- 只要一点点。 Zhǐ yào yìdiǎndiǎn. I only need a tiny bit.
- 放一点点盐。 Fàng yìdiǎndiǎn yán. Add a tiny bit of salt.
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
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyīhuìér in a short while