"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位
wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
很
han2
very
崇拜
sung4 baai3
worship
毛主席
maau4 zyu2 zik1
Chairman Mao
的
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
老同
lou5 tung4
someone with the same name or similar name; fellow mates who are of the same age; a fellow drug addict; a homosexual; an associate; a “crony”; a fellow inmate [colloquial]
志
zi3
aspiration
ambition
the will
determination
annals
to make up one's mind to pursue some object
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