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jatˉ¹一
Pinyin: yi1
Translations
nounone; a; an; the
nouna little; slightly
nounonce; as soon as (as short for 一旦)
nouneach; certain; another
nounsuddenly; completely
nounsame; whole; all; throughout
jauˏ₅有mouˏ₅冇gaaˉ¹加jatˉ¹一aa˗₃呀
Pinyin: you3 mao3 jia1 yi1 ya5
Translations
nounis 10% service charge included?
ngauˎ₄牛jatˉ¹一
Pinyin: niu2 yi1
Translations
nounbirthday
noun(n.) Birthday (a dated term).
coˉ¹初jatˉ¹一
Pinyin: chu1 yi1
Translations
nounfirst day of a month in the lunar calendar
jatˉ¹一jyunˎ₄元fukˉ¹復ciˊ²始
简 一元复始
Pinyin: yi1 yuan2 fu4 shi3
Translations
nouna new year, a new beginning
nounNew year, new start
jatˉ¹一gwok˗₃國ziˉ¹之gwanˉ¹君
简 一国之君
Pinyin: yi1 guo2 zhi1 jun1
Translations
nounthe king of a nation
nounA King/President/Prime Minister/(the highest title) of the country
sei˗₃四hoiˊ²海jatˉ¹一gaaˉ¹家
Pinyin: si4 hai3 yi1 jia1
Translations
nounthe world is a big family
nounhome everywhere, it means the world is united
jatˉ¹一go˗₃個zungˉ¹中gwok˗₃國
简 一个中国
Pinyin: yi1 ge4 zhong1 guo2
Translations
noun"one China" (in the sense of Chinese politics)
nounOne-China policy
beiˊ²比jatˉ¹一beiˊ²比
Pinyin: bi3 yi5 bi3
Translations
nounto make a comparison; to engage in a contest
jatˉ¹一gonˉ¹干seoiˊ²水
Pinyin: yi1 gan1 shui3
Translations
noun一千文, 一撇水, 一撇嘢, 金牛
nounone thousand dollars ($1,000)
jatˉ¹一mukˍ₆目sapˍ₆十hongˎ₄行
Pinyin: yi1 mu4 shi2 hang2
Translations
nountake in ten lines in a single glance; to read rapidly
jatˉ¹一tauˎ₄頭
简 一头
Pinyin: yi1 tou2
Translations
nounsimultaneously
nounrapidly
nounheadlong; directly
caauˊ²炒maaiˎ₄埋jatˉ¹一dipˍ₆碟
Pinyin: chao3 mai2 yi1 die2
Translations
nouna smash up, a beat up; to be involved in a serious car crash
noungather; combine (spoken)
zoˍ₆坐zeˏ₅這saanˉ¹山mongˍ₆望naaˏ₅那saanˉ¹山jatˉ¹一siˍ₆事mouˎ₄無singˎ₄成
简 坐这山望那山一事无成
Pinyin: zuo4 zhe4 shan1 wang4 na4 shan1 yi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2
Translations
nounsitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything.
jatˉ¹一liuˏ₅了baak˗₃百liuˏ₅了
Pinyin: yi4 liao3 bai3 liao3
Translations
nounonce and for all; get it over and done with; all problems end when the main problem is dealt with
jatˉ¹一zi˗₃致sing˗₃性
Pinyin: yi2 zhi4 xing4
Translations
nounconsistency
jatˉ¹一gaaˉ¹家daaiˍ₆大sai˗₃細
简 一家大细
Pinyin: yi1 jia1 da4 xi4
Translations
nounAll members of the family, both old and young. (Big and small)
nounthe whole family, which includes the adults (parents and/or grandparents) and children
baak˗₃百fanˍ₆分ziˉ¹之jatˉ¹一baak˗₃百
Pinyin: bai3 fen1 zhi1 yi1 bai3
Translations
nounone hundred percent; totally (effective)
jatˉ¹一fuˉ¹夫jatˉ¹一caiˉ¹妻zai˗₃制
Pinyin: yi1 fu1 yi1 qi1 zhi4
Translations
nounmonogamy (lit., "one husband one wife system")
nounMonogamy
sapˍ₆十jatˉ¹一jyutˍ₆月
Pinyin: shi2 yi1 yue4
Translations
nounNovember
nouneleventh month of the Lunar Calendar
gauˊ²九seiˊ²死jatˉ¹一sangˉ¹生
Pinyin: jiu3 si3 yi1 sheng1
Translations
noun9 deaths, 1 life.
noun- a narrow escape from death, 'dodged a bullet'
jatˉ¹一baak˗₃百ngˏ₅五sapˍ₆十doˉ¹多ninˎ₄年
Pinyin: yi1 bai3 wu3 shi2 duo1 nian2
Translations
nounmore than 150 years
nounmore than one hundred and fifty years [written and colloquial]
jatˉ¹一taap˗₃塌wuˎ₄糊touˎ₄塗
简 一塌糊涂
Pinyin: yi1 ta1 hu2 tu5
Translations
nounone big mess; everything in disarray
jatˉ¹一pit˗₃撇seoiˊ²水
Pinyin: yi1 pie1 shui3
Translations
noun一千文, 一干水, 一撇嘢, 金牛
nounone thousand dollars ($1,000)
nouna thousand dollars
baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十jatˉ¹一
Pinyin: ba1 shi2 yi1
Translations
nouneighty-one; 81
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