一样一樣 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
• 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns... attested in use

Character breakdown

• 一 yī one
• 样樣 yàng manner

Stroke order

How it used to be written

一

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 孫吳
• See all 14 forms

样

• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚
• Chu manuscripts 戰國.楚

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• Jim 和 Ron 跑得一样快。

  Jim runs as fast as Ron.

• Ken跟Bill一样高。

  Ken is as tall as Bill.

• Mary游得和Jack一样快。

  Mary swims as fast as Jack.

• 不要像一个孩子一样哭泣了。

  There's no need to cry like a child.

• 世界上并没有所谓完美的句子。就好像没有完美的绝望一样。

  There's no such thing as a perfect sentence. Just as there's no such thing as perfect despair.

• 人生就像骑单车一样，要保持平衡就得不停地前进。

  Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

• 今天天气很好，和明天一样。

  The weather today is great, as it will be tomorrow.

• 他们都是一样的吗？

  Are they all the same?

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