一
yī
Meaning
- one · single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire · whole · all · throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
Example sentences
我从一开始就错了。
我從一開始就錯了。
wǒ cóng yī kāi shǐ jiù cuò le。
I was wrong from the very beginning.
他们一回来,我就给您打电话。
他們一回來,我就給您打電話。
tā men yī huí lái, wǒ jiù gěi nín dǎ diàn huà。
I'll call you as soon as they get back.
他打了一整桶水。
tā dǎ le yī zhěng tǒng shuǐ。
He filled a whole bucket with water.