ONE  一個

MOST SMALL NUMBER.
Hypernym
  • NUMBERQUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.]
    • QUANTITYDEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED.
      • DEGREEFEATURE of MORE or LESS.
        • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
Hyponym
  • ALONE　BE ONLY ONE AND NOT TOGETHER WITH OTHERS.  
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for one is yī 一.

    2. Yī 壹 is primarily "to be concentrated", and the word is only rarely used for the adjectivally used number one, or nominally to refer to one thing. The convention of using yī 壹 as a complex way of writing a number is late, certainly post-Han.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    一個

    • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 13.32

    • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. I.360

    • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1

      1. WL 1 claims that SHI 壹發 "shoot once" involves a late rewriting of the original yi1 fa1 一發 which is preserved in a Tang stone version of the text. In fact, the meaning "once" for the graph yi1 壹 is perfectly standard in pre-Han times, although also the graph yi1 一 is also perfectly acceptable in this meaning. See ONCE.

      2. As a survey of the attested meanings of yi1 壹 shows, this graph can be used for a wide range of the idiomatic meanings of yi1 一 and certainly not only for "to concentrate", as suggested in WL 1.

    • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 103

    • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 266

    • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

      UNITY

    • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 280

    Words

    一  yī OC: qliɡ MC: ʔit 289 Attributions

    The general word for one is yī 一.

      Word relations
    • Object: 執/HOLD Zhí 執 is often inchoative "take hold of", and then comes to mean "hold on to, keep holding" as one goes along.
    • Epithet: 虛/EMPTY The most geneal word is xū 虛 (ant. shí 實 "substantial and full") which can refer both to physical emptiness of a space and to abstract emptiness or tenuousness as a philosophical concept.
    • Epithet: 道/COSMIC FORCE Dào 道 is sometimes used to refer to the quintessential material/energetic basis for cosmic development. xxx
    • Epithet: 太/GREAT
    • Epithet: 道/METHOD Dào 道 is a way of being, of functioning, as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.
    • Oppos: 貳 / 二/TWO The general for two word is èr 二, a word which shows an extraordinary semantic and syntactic flexibility.
    • Oppos: 兩/TWO Liǎng 兩 is common when the reference is to a natural pair, but there are also many cases where the definite reference is merely to an aforementioned couple of items, and there are even a good number of cases where the reference is to any indefinite number of two things. Also the word regularly means "both the objects" when it precedes a transitive verb, and the word is never used as an ordinal number. Moreover, in complex numbers the word is not used.

      Syntactic words
    • nabautonym"one"LZ
    • nabcontextualoverall unified vision of things; the relevant unifying principle (of the Way as applying to the situation)CH
    • nabgeneralunitary entity; unit; unison; Unison; undifferentiated oneness, indifferent equivalence; CH
    • nabmetaphysicaltechnical term in Laozi: Monad, the The Pristine Oneness (of the Way). 抱一 "embrace the One Pristine Oneness (of the Way)"
    • nabmethodmethod based on identification with the metaphysical primordial UnityCH
    • nabnumberthe number oneCH
    • v(adN)one of the contextually determinate N; the first of the contextually determinate NCH
    • v(adN)restrictiveone single contextually determinate thing N; one NCH
    • v[adN]N=humone personCH
    • v[adN]N=thingone thing; one unit; 此一 "this one thing"
    • v[adN]repeatedone... the other; one thing
    • vadN1.post-N2N2 classifierone N1CH
    • vadNcardinalone
    • vadNderivedundividedCH
    • vadNN of the determinate numberone of the determinate determinate number of NCH
    • vadNof a specified setone of the NCH
    • vadNrestrictivea single
    • vadNrestrictive:onlyjust one single; one single entity; only one single; one and only; only one, just one; no more than one; one alone; one single; a single
    • vadNuniquethe single; the one and only (great)CH
    • viact.figurativebe one and the same everywhere; remain unadulterated and unchanged; be undiluted and pureCH
    • vinumberbe (exactly) one, be one in number; be one and the same
    • viof setbe one (of a defined set) 
    • v{NUM}1(adN).post-v{NUM}2one out of XCH
    • v{NUM}[adN1.]adN2the N2 of one lexically determinate N1CH
    • v{NUM}adN1(.post-N2)one/a certain N1 of the contextually determinate set N2CH
    太一  tài yī MC: thajH 'jit OC: thaads qliɡCH 44 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabastronomicNorth Pole Star　太極，太一星　=大一, =天一 =太壹，泰壹，泰一CH
    • NPabphilosophical=大一, =天一 Grand Primordial Unison，成玄英疏：“大一，天也。” 亦指北极神。CH
    • NPabreligiousThe Great One 太一神　=大一, =天一 =太壹，泰壹，泰一CH
    三一  sān yī MC: sam 'jit OC: saam qliɡCH 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabreligiousThe Three Participants in the (Great）OnenessCH
    壹  yī OC: qid MC: ʔit 5 Attributions

    Yī 壹 is primarily "to be concentrated", and the word is only rarely used for the adjectivally used number one, or nominally to refer to one thing. The convention of using yī 壹 as a complex way of writing a number is late, certainly post-Han.

      Syntactic words
    • nabsingle overall unified vision of thingsCH
    • nsubjectone person
    • vadNone
    調一  tiáo yī OC: dɯɯw qliɡ MC: deu ʔit 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNunify by way of adjustment
    隻  zhī OC: tjeɡ MC: tɕiɛk 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifierone single item of a pair 一隻眼
    大一  tài yī MC: -- 'jit OC: -- qliɡCH 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabGreat Primordial UnisonCH
    一者  yī zhě OC: qliɡ kljaʔ MC: ʔit tɕɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPprothe one; one of the group
    附離  fù lì MC: bjuH lejH OC: bos b-reelsCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi2form one unitCH
    一人  yī rén MC: 'jit nyin OC: qliɡ njinCH 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Oppos: 天下/ALL Tiān xià 天下 is a quantifying noun phrase that refers universally to all mankind. >>NOMINAL; COLLECTIVE

      Syntactic words
    • NPadN一人之身"one and the same person": one single, one and the sameCH
    一夫  yī fū MC: 'jit pju OC: qliɡ paCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsingle person, single individualCH
    一體  yī tǐ MC: 'jit thejX OC: qliɡ rʰiiʔCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP{PRED}be one physical itemCH
    抱一  bào yī MC: bawX 'jit OC: buuʔ qliɡCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiembrace the One (Primeval) Unity; be merged into one unityCH
    至一  zhì yī MC: tsyijH 'jit OC: kljiɡs qliɡCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabPerfect UnisonCH
    泰一  tài yī MC: thajH 'jit OC: thaads qliɡCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabreligious=太一 in religious and not purely philosophical contextsCH

    Existing SW for

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