VocabularyHSK 3 · core

一些

yìxiē

some, a few

Part of speech · pronoun / quantifier

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Examples

吃一些。
Eat some.
一些朋友。
Some friends.

Collocations

一些人一些事吃一些

Mnemonic

一些 yìxiē "some, a few" — 一 (one) + 些 (plural marker). Imprecise quantity ("a few/some"). Bare 些 also works in 这些 / 那些 / 哪些. Without 一, 些 alone is more literary.

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一些 vs 一点?