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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

一起 [yìqǐ]
  1. 1. noun the same place
  2. 2. adverb together

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

一起 [yìqǐ]
  1. 1. in the same place
    住在一起
    live in the same place
  2. 2. together; in company; with
    我不跟他一起走。
    I won't go along with him.
  3. 3. [Dialect] altogether; in all
    这几件东西一起多少钱?
    How much is that altogether?
  4. 4. [Dialect] a batch of people
    一起人刚走,这一起人又到了。
    This batch of people arrived as soon as the other batch left.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

一起 [yìqǐ]
  1. 1. 同一处所;一块儿
    你们两个站在一起
    两样东西加在一起
  2. 2. 表示动作行为发生在同一地点或合到一处
    我们一起学习了四年。
    奶粉和糖一起买来了。
  3. 3. "一起"②跟"一齐"的用法不同。"一起"表示合在一处或同一地点;"一齐"表示同一时间。

Examples

看热闹的人一起接着一起
跟我一起旅游的都是挺不错的伴儿。
My fellow tourists were all good companions.
把表格别在一起
pin (or clip) the forms together
一起惨痛的事件
a most distressing incident
别把这两种菜籽搀杂在一起
Don't mix up these two kinds of vegetable seeds.
这两股线缠在一起了。
The two threads got tangled up.
茶叶与化妆品放在一起就会串味儿。
Tea stored close to cosmetics will become tainted in flavour.
昨天下班后大伙儿凑合在一起练歌。
Yesterday we gathered after work to practise singing.
他把两封信订在一起
He stapled the two letters together.

Word Decomposition


[yī]
+
[qǐ]

nciku Note

The adverbs indicating limits

The adverbs indicating limits

An adverb is used to modify the adjective or verb as an adverbial adjunct, it should be put before them. Verbs or even nouns ending with character "地" de and functioning as adverbs remain to be regarded as adjectives.

A part of adverbs can indicate limits, such as "都" dōu , "统统" tǒngtǒng , "一共" yígòng , "总共" zǒnggòng , "共" gòng , "一起" yìqǐ , "一块" yíkuài , "一同" yìtóng , "一齐" yìqí ,"一道" yídào , "一概" yígài , "一味" yíwèi , "净" jìng , "只" zhǐ , "就" jiù , "仅仅" jǐnjǐn , "独" , "唯独" wéidú , "单" dān , "光" guāng , and so on.
(1) 我们 是学生。
(2) 树上一共 有九只鸟。
(3) 我们一同 去上学。
(4) 你不要一味 表扬自己。
(5) 我们 在,唯 他不见了。

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