一
yīyāo HSK1

one

一 yī frequency
one numeral
one; the number 1; single; alone

我想让你知道一件事。

wǒ xiǎng ràng nǐ zhī​dao yī jiàn shì.

I want you to know one thing.

我一两天内就回来。

wǒ yī liǎng tiān nèi jiù huí lai.

I'll be back in a day or two.

whole numeral
whole; entire; throughout; all

我一下午都没看见他。

wǒ yī xià​wǔ dōu méi kàn jiàn tā.

I haven't seen him all afternoon.

你一早上都在干什么？

nǐ yī zǎo​shang dōu zài gàn shén​me?

What have you been doing all morning?

same numeral
same; identical; unified
[brief action] numeralparticle
Used between a repeated verb to show that the action is brief, casual, or an attempt.

跟他说等一等。

gēn tā shuō děng yī děng.

Tell him to wait.

请大家进来一看。

qǐng dà​jiā jìn lai yī kàn.

Please come in and take a look.

[as soon as] adverb
Used to show that as soon as one action or situation happens, another follows immediately.

我一出去就给你打电话。

wǒ yī chū qù jiù gěi nǐ dǎ diàn​huà.

I'll call you as soon as I'm out.

each numeral
each; per; every
[suddenness] adverbnumeral
Used before a verb to indicate that an action or situation occurs suddenly or unexpectedly.
[radical]
(bound form) the "one" radical in Chinese characters, Kangxi radical 1
si
(bound form) a note on the traditional Chinese musical scale, roughly equivalent to "si" or "7" in the numbered musical notation
surname
a Chinese surname
一 yāo
one (digit reading)
(used for clarity when reading out a string of digits such as phone numbers) one

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2nd most common 15765.7 per million
Movie subtitles
9th most common 12895.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6070.0 per million appears in 100% of films

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
1
Unicode
U+4E00

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH