唯一

唯一 wéiyī in a sentence

Only; sole†

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 3 sentences

唯一 (wéiyī) means Only; sole †. Below are 3 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这是 唯一 的办法。

Zhè shì wéiyī de bànfǎ.

This is the only way.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 唯一

他是 唯一 没迟到的人。

Tā shì wéiyī méi chídào de rén.

He is the only one who was not late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 唯一

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From the graded readers

那位老先生跟我说:“我七年前开始的。我 唯一 后悔的是没有更早开始。”

nàiwèi lǎo xiānsheng gēn wǒ shuō:" wǒ qī niánqián kāishǐ de / dì. wǒ wéi / wěi yī hòuhuǐ de / dì shì méiyǒu gèng / gēng zǎo kāishǐ."

The elderly gentleman said to me, "I started seven years ago. My only regret is not starting sooner."

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty

Questions about 唯一

How is 唯一 used in a sentence?

This page shows 3 sentences using 唯一 (wéiyī, "Only; sole †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 唯一 an HSK word?

Yes — 唯一 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 唯一?

The dictionary page for 唯一 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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