What does 一 mean in Chinese?

一 (yī) means "one" in Chinese.

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Q: How do you use 一 in a sentence?

我有一本书。 (Wǒ yǒu yī běn shū.) — I have one book.

Pinyin: yī

one

🏮 Chinese HSK 1 🔢 Numbers & Measure

Example sentence

我有一本书。

Wǒ yǒu yī běn shū.

I have one book.

What 一 means

一 (yī) is an Chinese word meaning “one”. It belongs to the Numbers & Measure topic and appears at HSK 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 1

二 èr two 三 sān three 四 sì four 五 wǔ five 六 liù six 七 qī seven 八 bā eight 九 jiǔ nine 十 shí ten 零 líng zero 个 gè general measure word 块 kuài yuan; piece

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