一個

Chinese

 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
(a measure word); individual
trad. (一個)
simp. (一个)

Pronunciation


Note: Chaoyang.

Determiner

一個

  1. Combination of the numeral (“one”) and the generic classifier : a; an; one
    一個一个   Gěi wǒ yīge jiù hǎo le.   One will do.
    一個嘮叨奶奶 [MSC, trad.]
    一个唠叨奶奶 [MSC, simp.]
    yīge ài láodao de nǎinai [Pinyin]
    a nagging grandmother
    一個陌生女人來信 [MSC, trad.]
    一个陌生女人来信 [MSC, simp.]
    yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]
    a letter from an unknown woman
    一個時代產物一个时代产物   yīge shídài de chǎnwù   a product of an era
    一個美麗錯誤 [MSC, trad.]
    一个美丽错误 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shì yīge měilì de cuòwù. [Pinyin]
    This is a beautiful mistake.
  2. same
    它們一個樣兒 [MSC, trad.]
    它们一个样儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen dōu shì yīge yàngr. [Pinyin]
    They are all of the same type.

Usage notes

  • For Hokkien, Douglas (1873/1899) notes that /--dê is sometimes heard after final ⟨-t⟩, such as with this term, chi̍t--ê > chi̍t--dê / chi̍d--dê,[1] although modern Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) does not use the letter ⟨D⟩.

Derived terms

References

  1. Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “dê”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 99

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
一箇

Compound of (ichi, one) + (ko, thing, general counter used for any object).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(いっ)() (ikko) 

  1. one (of anything)
  2. a, an
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
一箇
一ケ
一ヶ
一カ
一か

Compound of (ichi, one) + (ka, thing, general counter used for any object),[1][2] using the tōon reading of ka for the second character.

Pronunciation

Noun

(いっ)() (ikka) 

  1. one (of anything)
  2. a, an
Usage notes

The ikka reading is more often encountered in a prefixing role, as in 一個 (ikka sho, one place), 一個 (ikka getsu, one month (as a duration of time)).

Synonyms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

See also

  • Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/一個
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