Zi:一

一 [yī] one; 一​定 definite; 一​样 the same; 一​些 some, a few; 一​个… a/an ...; 一​点 a little; 一​会 a while; 一​起 together; (radical 1, 一​部)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹yī* ​一 {A} num. ①one; 1 ②once ‖ kě ∼ bùkě èr. 可∼不可二。 Once is forgivable, not twice. ◆b.f. ①each; per ‖ ∼ zhuō bā rén ∼桌八人 eight people per table ②whole; all; throughout ‖ Wǒ ∼ tiān dōu bụ̀ zài jiā. 我∼天都不在家。 I won't be at home all day. ③single; alone ④same ‖ yìjian bù ∼ 意见不∼ opinions differ ◆adv. ①as soon as ‖ tiānqì ∼ lěng 天气∼冷 as soon as the weather turns cold ②a little ‖ kàn∼kàn 看∼看 take a look ③“empty” adverb in four-syllable expressions ‖ wèizhī∼zhèn 为之∼振 be buoyed up by it ④also; otherwise ‖ ∼ míng ∼名 be also known as ◆cons. ① {A} ∼ A jiù B as soon as A (then) B ② ∼ A èr B ⓐvery AB, where AB is a two-syllable s.v. ‖ ∼ qīng èr jìng ∼清二静 absolutely quiet ⓑone or two AB, where AB is a noun ‖ ∼ chà èr cuò ∼差二错 one or two mistakes ③ ∼ A bàn A/B a little of A and of A or B, where A and B are identical or similar in meaning ‖ Zhège gōngchéng kě bụ̀ shì ∼ tiān bàn tiān néng wán de. 这个工程可不是∼天半天能完的。 This project can't be finished in a short time. ④ ∼ V1 ér V2 V2 immediately after V1 ‖ ∼nù'érqù ∼怒而去 flare up and leave ⑤ ∼ N (yě) bù/méi V not V even one N; without omitting a single N ‖ ∼zìbụ̀lòu ∼字不漏 without omitting a single character ⑥ V ∼ VM V a VM ‖ yǎo ∼ kǒu 咬∼口 take a bite ⑦ ∼ V1 bù V2 inalterably V1 ‖ ∼ qù bù fǎn ∼去不返 gone never to return ⑧ ∼ N1 ∼ N2 ⓐall or the whole of N1/N2 ‖ ∼shēng∼shì ∼生∼世 all one's life ⓑeach/every N1/N2 ‖ ∼yán∼xíng ∼言∼行 every word and deed ⑨ ∼ V1 ∼ V2 ⓐdo V1/V2 in succession (where V1/V2 are similar in meaning) ‖ ∼bèng∼tiào ∼蹦∼跳 skip and jump ⓑdo V1/V2 alternately (where V1/V2 contrast in meaning) ‖ ∼wèn∼dá ∼问∼答 one asks and the other answers ⑩ ∼ A ∼ B one A, one B (where A/B are opposite in meaning) ‖ ∼ dōng ∼ xī ∼东∼西 one east, one west ∼ V ²zài V keep on doing V ‖ ∼cuòzàicuò ∼错再错 keep on making mistakes ◆n. a note of the scale in gōngchěpǔ

The Shuōwén Seal form of 一 yī ‘one’, a single horizontal stroke symbolizing the number 1, is said to be the number of ​天 tiān ‘heaven’: the top stroke of ​天 is 一, marking the top of the head, the sky overhead.
    Note: As a component in other characters 一 is sometimes short for ​上(​丄​𠄞) ‘up/high/sky’, or else it indicates the flat surface of the ‘earth/ground/horizon’, as in ​至 zhì ‘arrive’.
    Compare: ​天 tiān ‘heaven’ (⚊​阳, ☰䷀​乾), ​帝(​𢂇) dì ‘god/king’, ​不 bù ‘not’.
    Compare: ​至 zhì ‘arrive’, ​𢀖(​巠​𤔊) jīng ‘groundwater’, ​土 tǔ ‘earth’, ​二 èr ‘two’ (the number of ​地 ‘earth’).
    Note: The tone (yī, yí, or yì) depends on the following syllable; by itself, or at the end of a phrase, 一 is pronounced yī (first tone); before a fourth-tone syllable, 一 is pronounced yí (second tone, as in 一​定 yị̄dìng → yídìng); before any other syllable, 一 is pronounced yì (fourth tone, as in 一​些 yī̠xiē → yìxiē); often these tone changes are not indicated in pinyin, and the syllable is wr. with the first tone: yī; thus, a dictionary may have “yīdìng” (or “yị̄dìng”) and “yīxiē” (or “yī̠xiē”), but these should be pronounced yídìng and yìxiē; some dictionaries mark such tone changes using tone sandhi notation: “yị̄dìng” or “yī̠xiē”; for another “tone sandhi” rule, see ​不 bù.
    Note: As a stroke type, a horizontal stroke 一 is called héng (​横).
    一 yī is the first of the 214 radicals.
►references: Guǎngyùn:468.40; Wieger:1a; Karlgren:AD175,GSR394a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.1.1; Lindqvist:336; Mathews:3016; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:75.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.0.01; Wáng(1993):192; EDOC:1
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