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唯一

wéi yī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

唯一 (wéi yī) means "only; sole". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 唯一 means

1. only; sole

The characters in 唯一

• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 一yīone; single; a (article)

Example sentences

• 那是唯一的出路。
  Nàshi wéiyī de chūlù.
  It was the only way to go.
• 这是唯一的入口。
  This is the only way in.
• 死是唯一的解脱吗？
  Sǐ shì wéiyī de jiětuō ma?
  Is death the only way out?
• 这是我唯一关心的。
  That's my sole concern.
• 这是我唯一的相机。
  This is the only camera I've got.
• 这是你唯一的机会。
  This is your only chance.

Words starting with 唯一

• 唯一性wéi yī xìnguniqueness

Words containing 唯一

• 实践是检验真理的唯一标准shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔnActual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth…

Sounds the same

Read wéi yī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 惟一variant of 唯一

Where 唯一 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Clarity & Certainty (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wéi yī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.