一啲

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	(Cantonese) a few; some; those
simp. and trad. (一啲)		一	啲
alternative forms		一的 obsolete 一D 一d

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ di¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ di¹
    • Yale: yāt dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ di¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tiː⁵⁵/

Adjective

一啲

1. (Cantonese, Pinghua) some, a little
2. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) at all

   我一啲都唔緊張。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我一啲都唔紧张。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ jat¹ di¹ dou¹ m⁴ gan² zoeng¹. [Jyutping]

   I'm not nervous at all.

3. (Cantonese, dated in Hong Kong) all; completely
   • 1828, Robert Morrison, “Section VIII”, in Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, Part III, Macao:

     我一的都明白𭊽。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     ngo⁵ jat¹ di¹ dou¹ ming⁴ baak⁶ lo³. [Jyutping]

     I understand it all very well.

   • 1904, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese, third edition, Hongkong: Kelly & Walsh, page 112:

     做乜你唔用唐筆墨嚟寫呢、呢處有吖、又有墨硯、唐人紙、一啲都齊嘥（喺處）咯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     做乜你唔用唐笔墨嚟写呢、呢处有吖、又有墨砚、唐人纸、一啲都齐嘥（喺处）咯。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zou⁶ mat¹ nei⁵ m⁴ jung⁶ tong⁴ bat¹ mak⁶ lai⁴ se² ne¹, ni¹ syu³ jau⁵ aa¹, jau⁶ jau⁵ mak⁶ jin^6-2, tong⁴ jan⁴ zi², jat¹ di¹ dou¹ cai⁴ saai³ (hai² syu³) lok³. [Jyutping]

     Why do you not take Chinese pen and ink to do that? They are here as well as ink, slab and paper, all ready.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 一點 (“a little”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		一點
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	一點兒, 點兒, 點子
	Taiwan	一點, 一點點
	Harbin	一點兒
	Malaysia	一點
	Singapore	一點, 一點點
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	一點兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	一點兒
	Xi'an	一點兒
	Xining	一絲絲, 一點兒
	Xuzhou	一點兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	一點兒, 一點點
	Ürümqi	一點兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	一點兒, 點兒
	Wuhan	一點, 一點點, 一點個, 一丁丁, 一丁家, 一夾夾, 一咪咪, 一咪嘀
	Liuzhou	一點
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	一點兒
	Yangzhou	一的個, 一的個子, 一點點, 尕尕, 一尕尕
	Hefei	一點
Cantonese	Guangzhou	一啲, 啲, 少少
	Hong Kong	一啲, 啲, 少少, 些少
	Taishan	一尼
	Dongguan	一啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	啲, 一啲, 少少
Gan	Nanchang	一滴, 一滴子
	Pingxiang	一滴仔, 一點仔
Hakka	Meixian	一滴, 一滴仔, 一滴過仔
	Yudu	一滴子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	一息仔, 一滴仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	一息, 一息仔, 一滴仔, 息把仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	一息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	一屑
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	一息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	一兜仔
	Singapore (Dabu)	少少
Huizhou	Jixi	一點
Jin	Taiyuan	一點點
	Xinzhou	些些兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	一習仔, 咪仔, 咪咪仔, 咪毛仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	一滴囝, 仂囝, 仂滴
	Fuqing	一滴囝
	Matsu	仂儉
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	仂囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Quanzhou	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Zhangzhou	一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔
	Zhao'an	淡薄仔
	Taipei	一點仔, 淡薄仔 GT, 一疕仔 GT, 一絲仔 GT
	Kaohsiung	一屑仔
	Yilan	一屑仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	一喙仔
	Taichung	一屑仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	一屑仔
	Tainan	一屑仔
	Hsinchu	一屑仔
	Penghu (Magong)	一滴仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	淡薄
	Singapore (Hokkien)	淡薄
	Manila (Hokkien)	淡薄, 一絲仔
	Chaozhou	一滴囝, 滴囝, 須囝
	Shantou	滴囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	一滴囝
	Jieyang	滴囝, 滴滴囝, 些囝, 些須囝, 須囝
	Puning	一滴囝, 滴囝, 滴滴囝, 零滴囝, 零塊, 塊囝, 零塊囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	淡薄, 滴滴囝
	Wenchang	滴滴
	Haikou	一滴仔, 滴仔, 一滴
	Singapore (Hainanese)	滴滴
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	一啲, 啲
Wu	Shanghai	一眼, 一點, 一眼眼, 一沰沰, 一點點, 一彌彌, 一滴滴
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	一乃乃
	Shanghai (Jiading)	一猛猛
	Shanghai (Chongming)	一眼眼, 一點點
	Suzhou	一點點, 一滴滴
	Danyang	一眼眼
	Ningbo	一眼眼, 一眼, 一沰, 一沰沰
	Wenzhou	眼兒, 一眼兒, 眼仔兒, 一眼仔兒, 釐兒, 一釐兒, 釐仔兒, 一釐仔兒, 釐絲兒, 一釐絲兒
	Jinhua	一點兒, 點兒
Xiang	Changsha	一點, 一點咖子, 點咖子, 一滴咖子, 滴咖子, 點把點子
	Loudi	滴
	Shuangfeng	一滴唧
Note	GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified)

Adverb

一啲

1. (Cantonese) slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

• 一些 (yīxiē)

See also

• 一些 (yīxiē)