一无所有 meaning in English
not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
Meaning of 一无所有
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yīwúsuǒyǒu
- not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- without two sticks to rub together
一无所有 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我一无所有。
I don't have anything.
但你知道，我除了这些以外一无所有！
But you know, I have nothing aside from this.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes
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所 suǒ · actually · 8 strokes
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有 yǒu · to have · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 一无所有.
| 没有 | méiyǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 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 |
| 有些 | yǒuxiē | some; somewhat; rather; a bit |
| 有时 | yǒushí | sometimes; now and then |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 有用 | yǒuyòng | useful |
Questions about 一无所有
What does 一无所有 mean?
一无所有 (yīwúsuǒyǒu) means "not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together".
How do you write 一无所有?
一无所有 is made of 4 characters: 一 (1 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 所 (8 strokes), 有 (6 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.
Is 一无所有 an HSK word?
Yes. 一无所有 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 一无所有 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 一无所有 is written 一無所有.