一個

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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
    一个唠叨奶奶
    yīge ài láodao de nǎinai
    a nagging grandmother
    一個陌生女人來信
    一个陌生女人来信
    yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn
    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
    一个美丽错误
    Zhè shì yīge měilì de cuòwù.
    This is a beautiful mistake.
  2. same
    它們一個樣兒
    它们一个样儿
    Tāmen dōu shì yīge yàngr.
    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, although modern Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) does not use the letter ⟨D⟩.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “dê”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
1個
1個
一箇
1箇
1箇

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(いっ)() (ikko

  1. one (of anything)
  2. a, an
Synonyms
Japanese counter/suffix: (こ, ko)
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
1一個いっこikko
2二個にこniko
3三個さんこsanko
4四個よんこyonko
5五個ごこgoko
6六個ろっこrokko
7七個ななこ、しちこnanako, shichiko
8八個はっこ、はちこhakko, hachiko
9九個きゅうこkyūko
10十個じっこ、じゅっこjikko, jukko
11十一個じゅういっこjūikko
12十二個じゅうにこjūniko
13十三個じゅうさんこjūsanko
20二十個にじっこ、にじゅっこnijikko, nijukko
21二十一個にじゅういっこnijūikko
100百個ひゃっこhyakko
1,000千個せんこsenko
10,000一万個いちまんこichimanko
100,000,000一億個いちおくこichiokuko
00個零個ゼロこ、れいこzeroko, reiko
?何個なんこnanko

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 一個 – see the following entry.
一箇いっか
one (of anything)
a, an
(mathematics) prefixes the whole number, 1, in a compound fraction
Alternative spellings
一ケ, 一ヶ, 一カ, 一か, 一个
(This term, 一個, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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