yī
one
1
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
zǐ
son
child
seed
egg
small thing
1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
wèi
not yet
did not
have not
not
8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
liǎng
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
xiē
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
lóu
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor
CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
jiǎo
angle
corner
horn
horn-shaped
unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan
CL:個|个[ge4]
háo
hair
drawing brush
(in the) least
one thousandth
currency unit, 0.1 yuan
chǒu
clown
2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
yīng lǐ
mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km.)
fāng cùn
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
heart
mind
lǐ
mile (unit of length equal to 1,609.344 m)
old form of modern 英里[Ying1 li3]
Mǎ hè
Mach (name)
Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist
Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr
wǔ
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
jiǎn pǔ
music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7
xiǎo shù
small figure
small amount
the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point)
fractional part of a number
number between 0 and 1
decimal fraction
yī lèi
same type
category 1 (i.e. class A)
míng liè
to rank (number 1, or third last etc)
to be among (those who are in a particular group)
chuàng shì
the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2)
the first foundational steps
Ā lā bó shù zì
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
zǐ shí
11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
wǔ shí
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
bǐng èr chún
propylene glycol
propane-1,2-diol C3H6(OH)2
Guó jì Láo dòng Jié
May Day
International Labor Day (May 1)
zǐ shǔ
Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
dāo
deuterium 2H
heavy hydrogen, isotope of hydrogen having 1 neutron in its nucleus, so atomic weight 2
Guó jì Ér tóng Jié
International Children's Day (June 1)
wèi shí
1-3 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
chǒu shí
1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
Yà suǒ
Azor (son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in Matthew 1:13-14)
Mǎ dàn
Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
Yà jīn
Achim (son of Zadok in Matthew 1:14)
bǔ mǎ
complementary code
binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged
jiē chéng
the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
Mǎ hè shù
Mach number, multiples of speed of sound used as unit in aeronautics, with 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr
piē
protium 1H
light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so atomic weight 1
zhù yīn yī shì
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1
Bopomofo
abbr. for 國語注音符號第一式|国语注音符号第一式[Guo2 yu3 zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4 di4 yi1 shi4]
gōng mǔ
are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²)
Fēi lì shì
Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
qiān zhōu
kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
duì běn kūn
1,4-benzoquinone (chemistry)
para-benzoquinone
děng bǐ jí shù
geometric series (such as 1+2+4+8+...)
Sǎ dū
Zadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
Yīng dūn
tonne
imperial or US tonne, equal to 2240 pounds or 1.016 metric tons
mǐ nà ěr dí
Minardi, Formula 1 racing team
zhào diàn zǐ fú
mega electron volt MeV (unit of energy equal to 1.6 x 10-13 Joules)
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