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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

之一

zhīyī

one of (sth)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

one of (sth)

02

one out of a multitude

03

one (third, quarter, percent etc)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 之一 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 之一 appears in 101 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

他是市长的候选人之一。tā shì shì zhǎng de hòu xuǎn rén zhī yī。

He is one of the candidates running for mayor.

他是日本最有名的歌手之一。tā shì rì běn zuì yǒu míng de gē shǒu zhī yī。

He is one of the most famous singers in Japan.

他是日本最伟大的艺术家之一。tā shì rì běn zuì wěi dà de yì shù jiā zhī yī。

He is one of the greatest artists in Japan.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 之一.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 之一.

Directly before

  • 城市之一8
  • 人之一4
  • 产品之一3
  • 其中之一3
  • 朋友之一3

Directly after

  • 之一是5
  • 之一说1
  • 之一也1
  • 之一就是1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 之一

What does 之一 mean in Chinese?

之一 (zhīyī) means one of (sth).

How do you pronounce 之一?

之一 is pronounced zhīyī.

Is 之一 an HSK word?

之一 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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