一個

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(a measure word); individual
trad. (一個)		一	個
simp. (一个)		一	个

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīgè

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄍㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ go³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-ke

(Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵ gê⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ê / chi̍t-gê / chi̍t-kò

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ gai⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīgè [Phonetic: yígè] → yīge (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄜˋ → ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yige̊
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-ko⁵
  - Yale: yī-ge
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i.geh
  - Palladius: игэ (igɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɤ⁵¹/ → /i⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ go³
  - Yale: yāt go
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ go³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ go³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke
  - Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ ge
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ge⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² ke⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-ke
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ ge
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ ge⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² ke⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yid⁵ gê⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚¹ ke⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ê
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cid'ee
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ e²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² e²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ e¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-gê
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-gê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidgee
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡe²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sit̚⁴³⁻²¹ ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-kò
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidkoix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² kɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ko²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ko¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ko⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ko²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ gai⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k kâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² kai⁵⁵/

Note: Chaoyang.

Determiner

一個

Combination of the numeral 一 (“one”) and the generic classifier 個／个: a; an; one
給我一個就好了。 [MSC, trad.]
给我一个就好了。 [MSC, simp.]
Gěi wǒ yīge jiù hǎo le. [Pinyin]
One will do.

一個愛嘮叨的奶奶 [MSC, trad.]
一个爱唠叨的奶奶 [MSC, simp.]
yīge ài láodao de nǎinai [Pinyin]
a nagging grandmother

一個陌生女人的來信 [MSC, trad.]
一个陌生女人的来信 [MSC, simp.]
yīge mòshēng nǚrén de láixìn [Pinyin]
a letter from an unknown woman

一個時代的產物／一个时代的产物 ― yīge shídài de chǎnwù ― a product of an era

這是一個美麗的錯誤。 [MSC, trad.]
这是一个美丽的错误。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè shì yīge měilì de cuòwù. [Pinyin]
This is a beautiful mistake.
same
它們都是一個樣兒。 [MSC, trad.]
它们都是一个样儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen dōu shì yīge yàngr. [Pinyin]
They are all of the same type.

Usage notes

For Hokkien, Douglas (1873/1899) notes that dê/--dê is sometimes heard after final ⟨-t⟩, such as with this term, chi̍t--ê > chi̍t--dê / chi̍d--dê,^[1] although modern Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) does not use the letter ⟨D⟩.

Derived terms

一個人 / 一个人 (yīgèrén)
一個勁 / 一个劲 (yīgèjìn)
一個唱紅臉，一個唱白臉 / 一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸
一個巴掌拍不響 / 一个巴掌拍不响 (yī gè bāzhang pāi bù xiǎng)
一個心眼兒 / 一个心眼儿 (yī gè xīnyǎnr)
一個樣 / 一个样
一個籬笆三個樁，一個好漢三個幫 / 一个篱笆三个桩，一个好汉三个帮
一個蘿蔔一個坑 / 一个萝卜一个坑 (yī gè luóbo yī gè kēng)
一個鼻孔出氣 / 一个鼻孔出气
佗一個 / 佗一个
同一個 / 同一个 (tóngyīge)
同……一個餅印 / 同……一个饼印

References

^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “dê”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一	個
いち > いっ Grade: 1	こ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
１個 1個一箇１箇 1箇

Compound of 一 (ichi, “one”) +‎ 個 (ko, “thing”, general counter used for any object).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっこ [íꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ik̚ko̞]

Noun

一(いっ)個(こ) • (ikko)

one (of anything)
a, an

Synonyms

一(ひと)つ (hitotsu)

Related terms

v • d • e Japanese counter/suffix: 個 (こ, ko)
Number	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
1	一個	いっこ	ikko
2	二個	にこ	niko
3	三個	さんこ	sanko
4	四個	よんこ	yonko
5	五個	ごこ	goko
6	六個	ろっこ	rokko
7	七個	ななこ、しちこ	nanako, shichiko
8	八個	はっこ、はちこ	hakko, hachiko
9	九個	きゅうこ	kyūko
10	十個	じっこ、じゅっこ	jikko, jukko
11	十一個	じゅういっこ	jūikko
12	十二個	じゅうにこ	jūniko
20	二十個	にじっこ、にじゅっこ	nijikko, nijukko
21	二十一個	にじゅういっこ	nijūikko
100	百個	ひゃっこ	hyakko
1,000	千個	せんこ	senko
10,000	一万個	いちまんこ	ichimanko
100,000,000	一億個	いちおくこ	ichiokuko
0	０個、零個	ゼロこ、れいこ	zeroko, reiko
?	何個	なんこ	nanko

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
一	個
いち > いっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 一個 – see the following entry.

【一箇いっか】

[noun] one (of anything)

[noun] a, an

[noun] (mathematics) prefixes the whole number, 1, in a compound fraction

Alternative spellings
一ケ, 一ヶ, 一カ, 一か, 一个

(This term, 一個, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Chinese

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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