一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一模一样
yìmúyíyàng
exactly the same
Characters in this word
模 mó
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
样 yàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这对双胞胎长得一模一样，连老师都分不清。 Zhè duì shuāngbāotāi zhǎng de yìmú yíyàng, lián lǎoshī dōu fēn bù qīng. The twins look exactly alike, and even the teacher cannot tell them apart.
- 你买的鞋和我的一模一样，真巧啊！ Nǐ mǎi de xié hé wǒ de yìmú yíyàng, zhēn qiǎo a! The shoes you bought are exactly the same as mine, what a coincidence!
- 这两个杯子一模一样，我总是拿错。 Zhè liǎng ge bēizi yìmú yíyàng, wǒ zǒngshì ná cuò. These two cups are identical, and I always pick up the wrong one.
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 bùyíhuìr in a short while