一些 (yī xiē): meaning and stroke order
一些 (yī xiē) means some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er.
一些
- Simplified
- 一些
- Traditional
- 一些 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yī xiē
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Stroke order of 一些
一
- yī one; single
- 1 stroke
Stroke by stroke
些
- xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 8 strokes
Stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 一些
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yī xiē
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
Radicals of the characters
- 一
- Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
- 些
- Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 8 strokes · 此 on top, 二 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
一些 in our stories
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可是楼上没有人住,只放着一些旧东西。
kěshì lóushàng méiyǒu rén zhù zhǐ fàng zhe yìxiē jiù dōngxi
But nobody lives upstairs; there are only some old things stored there.
From the story The noise upstairs HSK 3
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几个月后,当地的地方志办公室根据账本上的名字,找到了一些人的后代。
jǐ gè yuè hòu dāngdì de dìfāngzhì bàngōngshì gēnjù zhàngběn shàng de míngzi zhǎodào le yìxiē rén de hòudài
A few months later the local chronicles office used the names in the ledger to trace some of those people's descendants.
From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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韩青这才明白,他追求的功名,就像那团火:它能让人蜕变,也会烧掉一些再也找不回来的东西。
Hán Qīng zhè cái míngbai tā zhuīqiú de gōngmíng jiù xiàng nà tuán huǒ tā néng ràng rén tuìbiàn yě huì shāo diào yìxiē zài yě zhǎo bù huílai de dōngxi
Only then did Han Qing understand that the rank he pursued was like that fire: it could transform a person, but it would also burn away things that could never be recovered.
From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 一些
- The noise upstairs HSK 3
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).