一 (yī) means One (single). Below are 24 of the 354 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
From the graded readers
他还要了 一 些菜。
tā háiyāo le / liǎo / liào yīxiē cài.
He also ordered some vegetables.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant
我想买 一 件衣服。
wǒ xiǎng mǎi yíjiàn yīfu.
I wanted to buy a piece of clothing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我想：她 一 定忘了。
wǒ xiǎng: tā yīdìng wàngle.
I thought: she must have forgotten.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
他给我开了 一 些药。
tā gěi wǒ kāile yīxiē yào.
He prescribed me some medicine.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
我 一 低头就摔倒了。
wǒ yī dītóu jiù shuāidǎo le / liǎo / liào.
Every time I looked down, I fell.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
我旁边坐着 一 位老人。
wǒ pángbiān zuòzhe yī wèi lǎorén.
An older man was sitting next to me.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
From the travel phrasebook
我敬您 一 杯。
Wǒ jìng nín yì bēi.
I'd like to toast you.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
From the grammar library
我有 一 个问题。
Wǒ yǒu yí ge wèntí.
I have a question.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
请给我 一 张纸。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì zhāng zhǐ.
Please give me a sheet of paper.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我想喝 一 杯茶。
Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi chá.
I'd like a cup of tea.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
一 appears in 354 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 一
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 一
How is 一 used in a sentence?
This page shows 354 sentences using 一 (yī, "One (single)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 一 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 一 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 一 an HSK word?
Yes — 一 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 一?
The dictionary page for 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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