一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一度
yídù
once; at one point; for a time
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家企业一度濒临破产，后来靠技术升级重新赢得市场。 Zhè jiā qǐyè yídù bīnlín pòchǎn, hòulái kào jìshù shēngjí chóngxīn yíngdé shìchǎng. This company was once on the verge of bankruptcy, but later won back the market through technological upgrading.
- 他一度想放弃，但最终还是坚持了下来。 Tā yídù xiǎng fàngqì, dàn zuìzhōng háishì jiānchíle xiàlái. For a while he wanted to give up, but in the end he persevered.
- 物价一度上涨很快，最近稳定下来了。 Wùjià yídù shàngzhǎng hěn kuài, zuìjìn wěndìng xiàlái le. Prices rose quickly for a while, but have stabilized recently.
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