Pinyin
English Definition
one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout
Phrase
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děng yī děng 。
Hold on.
wǒ yě yī yàng 。
So do I.
yī dìng yào xiǎo xīn !
To be careful!
shì nǎ yī wèi ?
Who's calling?
nǐ qiàn wǒ yī gè rén qíng 。
You owe me one.
nǎ yī tiān dōu xíng 。
Any day will do.
kè zhì yī xià !
Control yourself!
yī qiē hái hǎo bā ?
How's everything?
qǐng nín zài shuō yī biàn ( wǒ méi yǒu tīng qīng )。
I beg your pardon?
wǒ yǒu yī gè hǎo zhǔ yì 。
I have a good idea!
wǒ zhī dào yǒu guān tā de yī qiē 。
I know all about it.
nǐ xū yào qù yùn dòng duàn liàn yī xià 。
You need to workout.
tā jiàn yì gǎo yī cì yě cān 。
He suggested a picnic.
wǒ gǎn shàng le zuì hòu yī bān chē 。
I caught the last bus.
wǒ de chē xū yào xǐ yī xǐ 。
My car needs washing.
yī diǎn shēng yīn yě méi yǒu 。
Not a sound was heard.
tā yī diǎn yě bù léi 。
He was not a bit tired.
wǒ huì xiǎo xīn yī xiē de 。
I will be more careful.
zhǐ shì wèi le xiāo qiǎn yī xià 。
Just for entertainment.
tā zhèng bàn yǎn yī gè lǎo rén 。
He is acting an old man.
dōng tiān shì yī gè ， hán lěng de jì jié 。
Winter is a cold season.
wǒ mǎi bù qǐ yī bù xīn chē 。
I can't afford a new car.
jīn qián bù shì yī qiē 。
Money is not everything.
tā yá téng le yī zhěng yè 。
Her tooth ached all night.
jīn wǎn hē yī bēi zěn yàng ?
How about a drink tonight?
wǒ yǒu yī gè yì xiǎng bù dào de dōng xī gěi nǐ kàn 。
I have a surprise for you.
wǒ huì ān pái yī qiē de 。
I will arrange everything.
zuò yī gè mǔ qīn shì bù róng yì de 。
Being a mother is not easy.
ái zhèng shì yī zhǒng zhì mìng de jí bìng 。
Cancer is a deadly disease.
tā shì yī gè piāo liàng nǚ hái 。
She is a good-looking girl.
chūn tiān shì yī gè hǎo jì jié 。
Spring is a pretty season.
nǐ mén zuì hǎo shì ràng tā yī gè rén dāi huì ér 。
You'd better let her alone.
wǒ dú zì yī rén ， dàn bìng bù jué dé jì mò 。
I was alone，but not lonely.
zhè shì yī chǎng yǒu yì sài 。
It's a friendly competition.
tā zū le yī liàng àn zhōng diǎn jì fèi de qì chē 。
She hired a car by the hour.
shǐ mì sī yī jiā shì wǒ de lín jū 。
The Smiths are my neighbors.
yòu yǒu yī zhǐ māo lái dào wǒ jiā le 。
Another cat came to my house.
bǎ nǐ de dá àn gēn wǒ de hé duì yī xià 。
Check your answers with mine.
tā yī xià zǐ jiù shuō dào le diǎn zǐ shàng 。
He came to the point at once.
tā de fù qīn jīng yíng yī jiā cān guǎn 。
His father runs a restaurant.
wǒ zhēn xiǎng zài kàn yī biàn 。
I want to see the film again.
qǐng ràng wǒ hé duì yī xià zhàng dān 。
Please let me check the bill.
tā yòu yī cì wéi bēi le nuò yán 。
He broke his words once again.
tā bǐ wǒ gāo yī tóu 。
He is taller than I by ahead.
tā bèi péi yǎng chéng yī míng lǜ shī 。
He was trained to be a lawyer.
wǒ xiǎng yǒu yī fèn jiān zhí gōng zuò 。
I want to have a part-time job.
tā gěi zì jǐ gài shàng yī tiáo bèi 。
He covered himself with a quilt.
wǒ xiǎng chī yī gè bīng qí lín 。
I feel like eating an ice-cream.
tā yī zhí shōu jí yóu piào 。
He has been collecting stamps.
wǒ bǎ nǐ suàn zuò wǒ de yī gè péng yǒu 。
I count you as one of my friends.
nài xīn shì zì xìn xīn de yī zhǒng biǎo xiàn 。
Patience is a mark of confidence.
hé shàng yǒu yī zuò qiáo 。
There is a bridge over the river.
wǒ liǎng hē wán le yī píng jiǔ 。
We two finished a bottle of wine.
tā shì yī gè duō me kě ài de xiǎo nǚ hái yé !
what a lovely little girl she is!
tā dǎ le nà gè gōng jī zhě yī ěr guāng 。
He struck his attacker on the ear.
yī dàn kāi shǐ ， nǐ jiù dé jì xù 。
Once you begin，you must continue.
chuāng hù xià miàn yǒu yī bǎ yǐ zǐ 。
There is a chair below the window.
tā shì yī gè yìng hàn zǐ ， bù guò wǒ yào bǐ tā gèng yìng 。
He is tough，but I am even tougher.
tā hé wǒ de yī gè péng yǒu jié le hūn 。
He was married to a friend of mine.
bào bó yī zhí zài ài zhuó lòu qiàn 。
Bob has always had a crush on Lucy.
ràng wǒ mén xiū xī yī huì ér ， qù chī wǔ fàn 。
Let's take a short break for lunch.
wàn yī xià yǔ ， wǒ mén gāi zěn me bàn ?
Suppose it rains,what shall we do?
zhè shì wǒ gěi nǐ mén de yī diǎn xīn yì 。
This is a little something for you.
tā cún le yī dà bǐ qián 。
He has a nice sum of money put away.
zǒng zhī ， wǒ duì yī qiē dōu hěn yàn juàn 。
In a word，I am tired of everything．
zhè wèi biān jí lòu diào le yī gè yìn shuā cuò wù 。
The editor over looked a print error．
tā de chèn yī shàng yǒu yī kuài mò jì 。
There is a mark of ink on his shirt．
píng zǐ lǐ yī diǎn shuǐ yě méi yǒu 。
There isn't any water in the bottle．
tíng dùn yī xià zhī hòu tā jì xù shuō tā de 。
After a pause he continued his story.
zhè shì qì jīn wèi zhǐ wǒ jīng lì de zuì rè de yī tiān 。
It's the hottest day I've had so far.
shǐ mì sī xiān shēng zài yī suǒ xué xiào jiào yīng yǔ 。
Mr. Smith taught English at a school.
wǒ mén dāng zhōng méi yǒu yī gè rén hài pà kùn nán 。
None of us is afraid of difficulties.
diàn shì shàng huì yǒu yī xiē tǐ yù píng lùn 。
There'll be some sport reviews on TV.
zhè shì tā shī zuò de yī gè hǎo lì zǐ 。
This is a good example of his poetry.
tā wèi wǒ mén shù lì le yī gè hǎo bǎng yàng 。
He set up a fine example to all of us.
wú lùn cóng nǎ fāng miàn lái kàn ， zhè dōu shì yī běn yōu xiù de xiǎo shuō 。
It is an excellent novel in every way.
chú le sǐ zhī wài ， shén me yě chāi bù sàn zhè yī duì 。
Nothing but death can part the couple.
xiàn zài tā liǎn sè nán kàn ， hǎo xiàng bìng le yī yàng 。
Now she looks pale as if she were ill.
chāo shì lǐ yǒu yī gè bù gào 。
There was a notice in the supermarket.
nǐ wèi shén me bù qù cān jiā yī gè yǒu yǎng jiàn shēn bān ne ?
Why don't you attend an aerobic class?
yī jǔ liǎng dé 。
You can kill two birds with one stone.
tā gù yòng le yī gè gōng rén xiū lǐ wéi qiáng 。
He hired a workman to repair the fence.
wǒ dì yī yǎn jiàn dào tā jiù ài shàng le tā 。
I fell in love with her at first sight.
wǒ gāng shōu dào wǒ mèi mèi mǎ lì de yī fēng xìn 。
I have just heard from my sister, Mary.
zhǐ yào nǐ kěn cháng shì ， nǐ yī dìng néng zuò zhè jiàn shì 。
If you would only try, you could do it.
zhè shì yī gè lǎn sǎn de ， qǐ fēng de qiū rì xià wǔ 。
It was a lazy, breezy autumn afternoon.
qǐng dào bié de fáng jiān qǔ yī bǎ yǐ zǐ 。
Please fetch a chair from another room.
qǐng zuò ， suí biàn yī diǎn 。
Take a seat please, make yourself at home.
nà tiáo dà jiē shàng yǒu yī gè hěn hǎo de cān guǎn 。
There is a good restaurant on the street.
tā mén jǐn yī yè jiù zǒu le 120 yīng lǐ lù 。
They covered 120 miles in a single night.
zuó tiān lún dūn fā shēng le yī qǐ móu shā àn 。
There was a murder in London yesterday.
zhǐ yào nǐ jué dé mǒu shì zhí dé qù zuò ， jiù yī dìng yào bǎ tā zuò hǎo 。
What is worth doing is worth doing well.
nǐ xiǎng bù xiǎng hé wǒ yī qǐ qù cān jiā yī gè jù huì ?
Would you like to go to a party with me?
tū rán ， yī zhǐ tù zǐ cóng yī gè dòng zhōng pǎo le chū lái 。
All at once, a rabbit came out of a hole.
tā yī shēng dà bù fēn shí jiān yòng lái jī jù qián cái 。
He spent most of his life gathering money.
tā hài pà yī gè rén liú zài nóng shě lǐ 。
She feared staying alone in the farmhouse.
tā duì wǒ tí le yī dà duī wèn tí ， zhēn fán !
He bothered me with a great many questions.
yuē hàn hěn shǎo yǔ péng yǒu jù zài yī qǐ 。
John seldom gets together with his friends.
zhè duì shuāng bāo tāi yǒu diǎn ér bù yī yàng 。
There is some difference between the twins.
xiāng xìn wǒ ， zhè yóu xì què shí zhí dé yī wán 。
Trust me, the game is really worth playing.
zài yī pín dào yǒu yī bù yǒu qù de diàn yǐng 。
There is an interesting film on Channel one.
jiù zài míng tiān ( ér bù shì zài bié de mǒu yī tiān ) tā mén yào kāi huì 。
It is tomorrow that they will have a meeting.
ràng wǒ gào sù nǐ yī xiē tōng guān de xì jié 。
Let me tell you some details about clearance.
bù lùn nǐ xuǎn zé nǎ yī gè ， nǐ dōu bù huì mǎn yì 。
Whichever you choose, you won't be satisfied.
zhè yī dì qū sān fēn zhī yī de dì fāng dōu shì sēn lín 。
One third of this area is covered with forest.
děng yī xià ， wǒ lì kè jiù lái 。
Wait a moment, I'll be with you in an instant.
zhǐ yào wèn xīn wú kuì ， wú duān de zhǐ zé kě yǐ yī xiào zhì zhī 。
A clear conscience laughs at false accusation.
tā nù shì zhuó bǐ ěr ， zhǔn bèi jiào xùn tā yī dùn 。
He glared at Bill, ready to teach him a lesson.
qǐng nǐ gēn wǒ yī qǐ qù cān jiā yī gè wǔ huì hǎo ma ?
Would you please go to a dancing party with me?
diàn zǐ jì suàn jī zhèng jiàn jiàn chéng wéi wǒ mén rì cháng shēng huó de yī bù fēn 。
Computers are becoming a part of our everyday life.
měi gè rén dōu yǒu yú chǔn de shí hòu ， dàn shì méi yǒu yī gè rén yǒng yuǎn yú chǔn 。
Every man is fool sometimes, but none at all times.
wǒ zěn me néng gòu pá dé shàng nà dǔ qiáng ? wǒ yào shì yī zhǐ niǎo jiù hǎo le !
How can I climb up that wall! I wish I were a bird!
wǒ yǒng yuǎn dōu bù huì wàng jì hé nǐ yī qǐ dù guò de rì zǐ 。
I will never forget the days that I spent with you.
tā mén bǎ tā cuò fàng dào lìng yī gè lèi bié qù le 。
They misplaced this book under other categories.
tā mén zài zhè yī shì jiàn zhōng bàn yǎn le kě chǐ de jiǎo sè 。
They played a shameful part in the whole affair.
bù guǎn fā shēng shén me shì ， tā yě bù huì shuō yī jù huà 。
No matter what happened, he would not say a word.
zhè gè chéng shì de rén kǒu jiē jìn yī bǎi wàn 。
The population of the city is close to a million.
wǒ chī dé rú cǐ zhī bǎo ， wǒ gǎn jué wǒ zài chī yī kǒu dù zǐ jiù yào zhàng pò le 。
I am so full that I would burst with another bite.
wǒ yǒu liǎng zhǐ māo ， yī zhǐ shì bái māo ， lìng yī zhǐ shì hēi māo 。
I have two cats. One is white, the other is black.
tā dān rèn zhuó yī gè zé rèn zhòng dà de zhí wù 。
He holds a position of great responsibility upon him.
wǒ cóng tāng mǔ nà ér jiè le yī běn bǐ jì běn ， wǒ yòu bǎ tā jiè gěi mǎ lì le 。
I borrowed a notebook from Tom and I lent it to Marry.
nǚ hái zuò yī tiáo qún zǐ yào yòng duō shǎo bù ?
How much cloth does it take to make a skirt for the girl?
wǒ wú lùn shén me shí hòu yī kàn dào tián shí jiù rěn bù zhù yào chī 。
I can't help eating sweets whenever they are in my presence.
hé shàng yǒu yī zuò pò làn bù kān de 、 gǔ lǎo de 、 huī sè de xiǎo shí qiáo 。
There is a broken small old gray stone bridge over the river.
dào mù qián wèi zhǐ ， yī qiē dōu hǎo 。
so far so good.
yī qiē shùn lì 。
Things couldn't be better.
xiè xiè nǐ de duō fāng guān zhào / nǐ wèi wǒ suǒ zuò de yī qiē 。
Thank you for everything .
bào qiàn ， dǎ rǎo yī xià / dǎ rǎo nǐ le 。
Sorry to bother/have bothered you.
Nǐ míngtiān xiàwǔ yǒu kòngr ma? Wǒmen yīqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng ba.
Are you free tomorrow afternoon? Let's go watch a movie together.
Wǒ chéngrèn wǒ zuótiān fànle yīgè dà cuò.
I admit that I made a big mistake yesterday.
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