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Jyutping kei4 jat1
Pinyin qí yī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. one of the given (options etc)
  2. the first
  3. firstly
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    其中​一個
    one of the matters concerned
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    林肯的父母终其一生都很穷。
    林肯的父母終其一生都很窮。
    lín kěn de fù mǔ zhōng qí yī shēng dōu hěn qióng 。
    • Lincoln's parents remained poor all their lives.
  2. Mandarin
    事物皆有两面。笃信者只见其一。
    事物皆有兩面。篤信者只見其一。
    shì wù jiē yǒu liǎng miàn 。 dǔ xìn zhě zhǐ jiàn qí yī 。
    • Everything has two sides. Fanatics only see one.
    • Things are usually janus-faced. And these fanatics only see one side.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    如下三者任择其一。
    如下三者任擇其一。
    rú xià sān zhě rèn zé qí yī .
    • There are three alternatives.
  2. Mandarin
    你是资产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂无产阶级而歌颂资产阶级;你是无产阶级文艺家,你就不歌颂资产阶级而歌颂无产阶级和劳动人民:二者必居其一。
    你是資產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌無產階級而歌頌資產階級;你是無產階級文藝家,你就不歌頌資產階級而歌頌無產階級和勞動人民:二者必居其一。
    nǐ shì zī chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ; nǐ shì wú chǎn jiē jí wén yì jiā , nǐ jiù bù gē sòng zī chǎn jiē jí ér gē sòng wú chǎn jiē jí hé láo dòng rén mín : èr zhě bì jū qí yī .
    • If you are a bourgeois writer or artist, you will eulogize not the proletariat but the bourgeoisie, and if you are a proletarian writer or artist, you will eulogize not the bourgeoisie but the proletariat and working people: it must be one or the other.