一些
yī xiē
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Some, a few, a little: an amount given without an exact number. It goes straight before a noun with no measure word: 一些人 'some people', 一些水 'a little water'. After an adjective it means 'a bit more': 大一些 'a bit bigger'. Dictionaries write yīxiē, but in speech 一 changes its tone: yìxiē.
Một số, một vài, một ít: một lượng không nói rõ bao nhiêu. Đứng ngay trước danh từ, không cần lượng từ: 一些人 (một số người), 一些水 (một ít nước). Sau tính từ thì nghĩa là “hơn một chút”: 大一些 (to hơn một chút). Từ điển ghi yīxiē, nhưng khi nói 一 đổi thanh thành yìxiē.
NumeralRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “一些” mean?
Some, a few, a little: an amount given without an exact number. It goes straight before a noun with no measure word: 一些人 'some people', 一些水 'a little water'. After an adjective it means 'a bit more': 大一些 'a bit bigger'. Dictionaries write yīxiē, but in speech 一 changes its tone: yìxiē.
Is “一些” formal or informal?
一些 is generally neutral.