HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Particles

一些 yīxiē “some” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 一些 means

  1. some
  2. a few
  3. a little
  4. (following an adjective) slightly …er

How to say 一些

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale一yī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale些xiē1st tone, high and level

一些 in a sentence

  1. 我在这儿有一些朋友。

    Wǒ zài zhèr yǒu yìxiē péngyou.

    I have a few friends here.

    Sentence #8496041 from Tatoeba

  2. 请说慢一些。

    Qǐng shuō màn yìxiē.

    Please speak more slowly.

    Sentence #2076255 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请再给我一些水。

    Qǐng zài gěi wǒ yìxiē shuǐ.

    Please give me some more water.

    Sentence #8698961 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 一些 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 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.

The character 些 (xiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 二two · èrMeaning part

二 hints at the meaning (two); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiē.

Memory aidThis 此 (cǐ) gives the sound; two 二 underneath suggests more than one: some, a few.

How to write 一些

一 1 strokes · 些 8 strokes

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

一些 (yīxiē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 一些 (yīxiē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 一些

Words with 一

一yī · one一半yībàn · half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一样yíyàng · the same

Words with 些

些xiē · some哪些nǎxiē · which ones?那些nàxiē · those有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these

More words: Particles & Function Words

不要bùyào · don’t!们men · plural marker for pronouns但dàn · but快要kuàiyào · about to那么nàme · like that那样nàyàng · that kind这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

FAQs

一些 (yīxiē) means “some” or “a few”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it yīxiē: yī with a 1st tone, then xiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 一些 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yixie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 一些 from the suggestions. Typing yixie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
一些 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older 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.