一些

一些 yīxiē in a sentence

Some (a few - a little)

Full dictionary entry 30 sentences

一些 (yīxiē) means Some (a few - a little). Below are 24 of the 30 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

我想买 一些 铅笔。

Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yìxiē qiānbǐ.

I want to buy some pencils.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 铅笔

桌子上有 一些 花。

Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yìxiē huā.

There are some flowers on the table.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 花

他买了 一些 股票。

Tā mǎi le yìxiē gǔpiào.

He bought some shares.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 股票

他买了 一些 日用品。

Tā mǎi le yìxiē rìyòngpǐn.

He bought some everyday household goods.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 日用品

他比原先胖了 一些 。

Tā bǐ yuánxiān pàng le yìxiē.

He is a little heavier than before.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原先

我要兑换 一些 人民币。

Wǒ yào duìhuàn yìxiē rénmínbì.

I would like to change some renminbi.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 兑换

请尽量说得简单 一些 。

Qǐng jǐnliàng shuō de jiǎndān yìxiē.

Please keep it as simple as you can.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尽量

他捐了 一些 书给学校。

Tā juān le yìxiē shū gěi xuéxiào.

He donated some books to the school.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 捐

他们之间有 一些 矛盾。

Tāmen zhījiān yǒu yìxiē máodùn.

There is some conflict between them.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 矛盾

请把报告再精简 一些 。

Qǐng bǎ bàogào zài jīngjiǎn yìxiē.

Please trim the report down a bit more.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 精简

他知道 一些 内幕消息。

Tā zhīdào yìxiē nèimù xiāoxi.

He knows some inside information.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 内幕

双方都做了 一些 让步。

Shuāngfāng dōu zuò le yìxiē ràng bù.

Both sides made some concessions.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 让步

现场遗留了 一些 线索。

Xiànchǎng yíliú le yìxiē xiànsuǒ.

Some clues were left at the scene.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗留

他买了 一些 国家债券。

Tā mǎi le yìxiē guójiā zhàiquàn.

He bought some government bonds.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 债券

计划中出现了 一些 问题。

Jìhuà zhōng chūxiàn le yìxiē wèntí.

Some problems came up in the plan.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 出现

我们之间存在 一些 误会。

Wǒmen zhījiān cúnzài yìxiē wùhuì.

There are some misunderstandings between us.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 存在

时间安排可以灵活 一些 。

Shíjiān ānpái kěyǐ línghuó yìxiē.

The schedule can be a bit more flexible.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 灵活

音乐让气氛轻松了 一些 。

Yīnyuè ràng qìfēn qīngsōng le yìxiē.

The music made the mood a little more relaxed.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 气氛

公司做了 一些 人事调整。

Gōngsī zuò le yìxiē rénshì tiáozhěng.

The company made some personnel changes.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人事

请把这张照片放大 一些 。

Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhàopiàn fàngdà yìxiē.

Please enlarge this photograph a little.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 放大

他现在只做 一些 辅助工作。

Tā xiànzài zhǐ zuò yìxiē fǔzhù gōngzuò.

He now only does some supporting work.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辅助

计划要留出 一些 机动时间。

Jìhuà yào liú chū yìxiē jīdòng shíjiān.

The plan should leave some flexible time.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 机动

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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

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

一些 appears in 30 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.

Questions about 一些

How is 一些 used in a sentence?

This page shows 30 sentences using 一些 (yīxiē, "Some (a few - a little)"), 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.

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The dictionary page for 一些 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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