一起

Character by character

• 一yī1 strokesHSK 1one; a, an; alone
• 起qǐ10 strokesHSK 1rise, stand up; go up; begin

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 一起工作。

  Yī qǐ gōng zuò

  Work together.

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• 我们在一起。

  Wǒ men zài yī qǐ

  We were together.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 一起. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 一yīHSK 1

  one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

• 起来qǐ laiHSK 1

  to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]

• 起qǐHSK 1

  to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

• 一些yī xiēHSK 1

  some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er

• 一定yī dìngHSK 2

  surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must

• 一直yī zhíHSK 2

  straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through

• 第一dì yī

  first; number one; primary

• 一样yī yàngHSK 1

  same; like; equal to; the same as; just like

• 一切yī qièHSK 3

  everything; every; all

• 唯一wéi yīHSK 5

  only; sole

• 一般yī bānHSK 2

  same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general

• 之一zhī yīHSK 4

  one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

• 引起yǐn qǐHSK 4

  to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 一旦yī dànHSK 5

  in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day

• 一半yī bànHSK 1

  half

• 对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1

  I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

• 想起xiǎng qǐHSK 2

  to recall; to think of; to call to mind

• 一生yī shēngHSK 2

  all one's life; throughout one's life

• 一致yī zhìHSK 4

  unanimous; identical (views or opinions)

• 进一步jìn yī bùHSK 3

  to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further

• 一一yī yīHSK 7

  one by one; one after another

• 一会儿yī huì rHSK 1

  a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r]

• 一辈子yī bèi ziHSK 5

  (for) a lifetime