HSK 5 · Function Words

唯一 wéiyī “only” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 唯一 means

  1. only
  2. sole

How to say 唯一

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale唯wéi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale一yī1st tone, high and level

唯一 in a sentence

  1. 我现在唯一想做的事情是睡觉。

    Wǒ xiànzài wéiyī xiǎng zuò de shìqing shì shuìjiào.

    The only thing I want to do right now is sleep.

    Sentence #6956866 from Tatoeba

  2. 你是我唯一能信任的人。

    Nǐ shì wǒ wéiyī néng xìnrèn de rén.

    You’re the only one I can trust.

    Sentence #6903838 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是他们唯一的选择。

    Zhè shì tāmen wéiyī de xuǎnzé.

    It’s their only choice.

    Sentence #1039721 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 唯一 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 唯 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
唯wéionly
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
The character 一 (yī) drawn as one shape
一yīone

一 is a single shape of 1 stroke. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidOne stroke for one, the way people once counted with rods.

How to write 唯一

唯 11 strokes · 一 1 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

唯一 (wéiyī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 唯一 (wéiyī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 唯一

Words with 唯

唯独wéidú · only

Words with 一

一yī · one一半yībàn · half一些yīxiē · some一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little一起yìqǐ · together第一dìyī · first一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly一般yìbān · general一定yídìng · surely一共yígòng · altogether

More words: Function Words & Grammar

套tào · set通常tōngcháng · regular团tuán · group万一wànyī · just in case未必wèibì · not necessarily勿wù · do not (formal无数wúshù · countless显然xiǎnrán · clearly

FAQs

唯一 (wéiyī) means “only” or “sole”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wéiyī: wéi with a 2nd tone, then yī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 唯一 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weiyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 唯一 from the suggestions. Typing weiyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
唯一 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.