Meaning of 一带
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- region; area
How to use 一带
一带 usually follows a place name to mean the area around that place, often in the pattern 在……一带. Example: 他住在火车站一带。(Tā zhù zài huǒchēzhàn yīdài.) He lives around the train station area.
Picture one (一 yī) belt or strip (带 dài) of land stretching across a map. That one strip is the whole surrounding area.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 一带 on its own, like 我喜欢一带, but it normally needs a place word before it, as in 北京一带. Also note that 一 here is often pronounced yí before the fourth tone of 带, so you hear yídài in speech.
一带 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
一 yī · one · 1 strokes
- 1
带 dài · band · 9 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Related words
Words that share a character with 一带.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 有一些 | yǒuyīxiē | somewhat; rather |
| 一定 | yīdìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一直 | yīzhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
Questions about 一带
What does 一带 mean?
一带 (yīdài) means "region; area" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 一带?
一带 is made of 2 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 带 (9 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.
Is 一带 an HSK word?
Yes. 一带 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 一带 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 一带 is written 一帶.
What is the difference between 一带 and 附近 (fùjìn)?
附近 means nearby and can stand alone, as in 附近有银行吗. 一带 describes a broader region around a named place and is a bit more formal, as in 长江一带.
Can 一带 also mean one belt?
In some contexts 一 plus 带 can literally mean one strip or belt, as in the phrase 一带一路 (the Belt and Road). In everyday use as a single word, though, it means region or area.