一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一般来说
yìbānláishuō
generally speaking
Characters in this word
般 bān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 舟 — boat, ship
- Made of
- 舟 boat, ship 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
说 shuō
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 兑 to exchange
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一般来说，我很忙。 Yì bān lái shuō, wǒ hěn máng. Generally speaking, I am very busy.
- 一般来说，茶不贵。 Yì bān lái shuō, chá bú guì. Generally speaking, tea is not expensive.
- 一般来说，他很早。 Yì bān lái shuō, tā hěn zǎo. Generally speaking, he is very early.
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