Expressing "one by one" with "yi"

Nível: HSK 4 | Categoria: Gramática

Explicação da Regra:

The expression "one by one" is also simple in Chinese. It unsurprisingly features the word 一 (yī), but you don't even need the word "by." However, the pattern gets complicated somewhat by the concept of measure words . The most obvious way to express "one by one" is 一个一个 (yī gè yī gè), and this expression is, in fact, quite common, especially when referring to people doing things "one by one." But other measure words can be used in the same pattern instead of 个. 一 + Measure Word + 一 + Measure Word (+ Noun) 个 is the most likely candidate for the "Measure Word" slot here.

Exemplos com Falantes Nativos:

• 别吵，一个一个说。 (bié chǎo ，yī gè yī gè shuō 。): "Don't be noisy, say one by one."
• 别着急，一点一点做。 (bié zháojí ，yī diǎn yī diǎn zuò 。): "Don't worry, do it little by little."
• 请一个房间一个房间检查。 (qǐng yī gè fángjiān yī gè fángjiān jiǎnchá 。): "Please check room by room."
• 别拿那么多，一个一个拿。 (bié ná nàyāo duō ，yī gè yī gè ná 。): "Don't take so many, take one by one."
• 宝宝一天一天在长大。 (bǎobǎo yī tiān yī tiān zài chángdà 。): "The baby grows up day by day."

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